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FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS 

OF DISTINGUISHED PRACTITIONERS 



WITH 



NOTES ON TREATMENT 



COMPILED FROM THE 
PUBLISHED WRITINGS OR UNPUBLISHED RECORDS OF 

Drs. Fordyce Barker, Roberts Bartholow, Samuel D. Gross, Austin 

Flint, Alonzo Clark, Alfred L. Loomis, F. J. Bumstead, T. G. 

Thomas, H. C. Wood, Wm. Goodell, Wm. Pepper, A. Jacobi, J. 

M. Fothergill, N. S. Davis, J Marion Sims, Wm. H. Byford, 

L. A. Duhring, D. Hayes Agnew, E. O. Janeway, J. M. 

Da Costa, J. Solis Cohen, Germain See, Meredith 

Clymer, J. Lewis Smith, Floyd M. Crandall, W. 

H.Thomson, L. Duncan Bulkley, C E. Brown- 

Sequard. M. A. Pallen, Alex. J. C. Skene, 

Geo. H. Fox, W. A. Hammond, E. C. 

Spitzka. L. Emmett Holt, 

H. A. Harb, 

ETC , ETC. 



EDITED BY 

B. W. PALMER, A.M., M.D. 




SEVENTH EDITION 



NEW YORK! 

E. B. TREAT & COMPANY 

241-243 WEST 23 D STREET 

1901 



THE LIBRARY OF 
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Two Copies Received 

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Copyright, 1887-1901. 

BY E. B. TREAT & CO. 

New York. 



CONTENTS. 



I. 

PAGE 

Diseases of the Nose, Throat, Mouth and Chest 7 



II. 

Diseases of the Abdominal Viscera 43 

III. 
Diseases of the Nervous System 71 

IV. 
Diseases of Women 107 

V. 
Diseases of Children 123 

VI. 
Fevers, Rheumatism, Gout and Malaria 149 

VII. 
Venereal Diseases 165 



4 CONTENTS. 

VIII. 

PAGE 

Tonic Preparations 173 

IX. 
External Applications 185 

X. 
Cod Liver Oil Preparations 207 

XI. 

Miscellaneous Prescriptions 211 



Index 239 



PREFACE TO THE SEVENTH 
EDITION. 



The popularity and usefulness of this book of 
"favorite prescriptions " is amply attested by the fact 
that six large editions have been printed. This 
edition (7th) has been revised and greatly enhanced 
by the addition of many pages of new prescriptions 
of undoubted value. 

It is readily apparent why a book of this kind 
proves of the greatest help to the busy practitioner, 
who, surrounded by the voluminous medical publica- 
tions of the times, is often at a loss to select from 
the mass of material at his disposal that combina- 
tion of therapeutical agencies best adapted to meet 
the indications for treatment in well known con- 
ditions of disease. 

The editor has striven to place before the profession 
for constant reference, in a condensed, readily acces- 
sible way, matter that could only be gleaned from 
careful study and association with the medical writers 
and teachers of the times. 

No pretence of originality is made. The book is 
essentially a compilation. The design being to ren- 
der more available for every-day use and guidance 
the practical treasures of medical wisdom which have 
been gathered from the earnest labors and careful 
observations of the most distinguished practitioners 
of the agp. 



DISEASES OF THE NOSE, THROAT, MOUTH 
AND CHEST. 



Pneumonia. 

]£ Ammoniae muriatis 3 iij. 

Antim. et pot. tartrat gr. ij. 

Morphiae sulphat gr. iij. 

Syrupi glycyrrhizae 5 iv. 

M. Sig. — A teaspoonful every two hours. 

Dr. N. S Davis. 

^ Hydrarg. chlor. mitis 

Ipecac, pulveris aa gr. vj. 

Opii pulveris gr. iij. 

Sacchar. alb gr. xxx. 

M. Ft. chart, vj. 

Sig. — One powder every four hours alternately with 
the preceding prescription. At the same time cover 
the chest with emollient poultices. 

Dr. N. S. Davis. 
Where a typhoid condition of the system is associ- 
ated with the pneumonia, bleeding is not well borne. 
In these cases Dr. Davis has obtained admirable re- 
sults by the use of the preceding prescriptions. 

At the end of twenty-four hours he omits the pow- 
ders, and if the bowels have not been moved he gives 
a mild laxative. If the symptoms are not favorably 



8 FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 

modified in 3 or 4 days, a blister is placed on the side 
of the chest most affected. 

Should the pulse become soft and frequent, the 
breathing abdominal and the lips of a leaden hue, 

]£ Quinise sulph gr. ij. 

Ammon. carbonat gr. iv. 

M. Sig. — Take at a dose. If delirium becomes trou- 
blesome add 10 minims of chloroform to the ammonia 
mixture. If there is indication of malarial influence, 
quinine may be given during the remissions. 



Sub-Acute Pleurisy. 

1$, Potas. acet 

Inf. digital aa 3 ij-iv. 

Sig. — This amount each day; or 

# Pulv. digital 

Pulv. scillse mar * 

Hydrarg. chlo. mit aa gr. x. 

M. Et. ft. pil. No. x. 

Sig. — One pill thrice daily. 

Dr. Alonzo Clark. 
The indications for treatment are to subdue the in- 
flammation and promote absorption of the effused 
fluid. Dr. Clark, to accomplish the first of these 
effects, uses blisters, three being usually sufficient, 
selecting three spots and applying only one blister at 
a time, the second and third not being placed in posi- 
tion until the spot of former application has healed. 
As a diuretic he uses potassii iodidi xxx grs. a day; if 
this fail to diminish the fluid, he has resource to the 
above formulae. If constitutional effects of mercury 



FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 9 

declare themselves he returns again to the potassii 
iodid. Dr. Clark uses other means, as purgatives, 
vapor baths, and mild counter-irritants when he 
thinks them indicated, but, having exhausted all 
medical means without effect (as is sometimes the 
case), he either resorts to the trocar or does nothing. 



Asthmatic Fits of Emphysema. 

^ Tinct. opii 3 j. 

iEtheris 3 ij. 

Sig. — Sixty drops every twenty minutes. To each 
dose may be added: 

Tinct. lobeliae aetherae , gtt. xx. 

Meridith Clytner, M.D. 
This formula has often yielded relief in these sud- 
den attacks of asthma when all other means have 
failed. 



Diuretic in Cardiac Dropsy. 

5 Infus. digital § iijss. 

Acet. scillae § ss. 

M. Sig. — A tablespoonful two or three times a day. 

Bartholow. 



Diphtheritic Croup. 

5 Potassii chloratis 3 ij. 

Syrupi limonis J j. 

Aquae ^ iij. 

Dose according to age of child. If under two years, 
a teaspoonful; from two to ten, two teaspoonfuls; 



IO FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 

over ten, a tablespoonful, given every three hours of 
every half hour in urgent cases. 

Recommended as almost specific in diphtheritic 
croup by Dr T. M. Drysdale. 



In Asthmatic Paroxysm. 

$ Tinct. lobeliae § j. 

Ammon. iodidi 3 ij. 

Ammon. bromidi 3 iij. 

Syr. tolutan § iij. 

M. Sig. — A teaspoonful every one, two, three or four 
hours. Dr. Roberts Bartholow. 

Of this prescription Dr. Bartholow says: " It gives 
relief in a few minutes, and sometimes the relief is 
permanent. 



Emphysema. 

3 Potass, chlorat 3 jss. 

Tinct. belladonnae § jss. 

Ext. pruni virg. fluid 

Tinct. cinchonse co aa § ij. 

M. Sig. — A dessertspoonful four times a day. 

Dr. Da Costa. 
Where the emphysema is accompanied by chronic 
bronchitis and loss of appetite, Dr. Da Costa has 
found the above prescription the most efficient. He 
advises also that dry cups be applied to the chest 
night and morning. 

In Bronchial Catarrh. 

# Acet. scillae § ss. 

Ext. ipecac, fl 3 ss. 



FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. II 

i 

Tinct. opii deodorat 3 j. 

Syr. tolutan 3 x. 

M. Sig. — A teaspoonful every two, three or four 
hours. Bartholow. 



In Spasmodic Asthma. 

$ Potass, bromid | j. 

Potass, iodid 5 ss - 

Aquae § iv. 

M. Sig. — A teaspoonful in sufficient water every half 
hour or hour. Dr Bartholow. 



In Chronic Phthisis. 

]£ Syr. hypophos. comp J iijss. 

Acid phosphor, dil f ss. 

M. Sig. — Teaspoonful three times daily. 

Dr. Roberts Bartholow. 
The above combination is held by Dr. Bartholow to 
be very effective therapeutically; it may be advan- 
tageously given with cod liver oil, after meals, in 
chronic phthisis, or the following may be given when 
the effects of arsenic also are desired: 

5 Syr. calcii lacto-phos § iv. 

Liq. potass, arsenitis 3 j. 

M. Sig. — A dessertspoonful ter die. 

Dr. Bartholow. 



Acute Catarrh. 

Tinct. iodinii §■ ss. 

Acid carbolic 3 j. 

M. Sig. — Place a small, wide-mouthed bottle, con- 



12 FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 

taining a moistened sponge, in a vessel of hot water; 
drop five to ten drops of the solution on the sponge 
and as the iodine vapor ascends with the vapor of the 
water, inhale it. Bartholow. 

In Summer Catarrh or Hay Asthma. 

$ Potass, iodid § j. 

Liq. Potass, arsenit 3 j. 

Aquae § iv. 

M. Sig. — A teaspoonful every four or six hours. 
This, given internally, combined with the local use 
by means of a post nasal syringe of the following for- 
mula, will often effect a cure in this obstinate malady: 

^ Tinct. iodinii 3 j. 

Acid, carbol gtts. x. 

Aquae destillat f iv. 

M. Sig. — Apply with a post nasal syringe. 

Bartholow. 

In Acute Goryza and Hay Asthma. 

3 Brominii 3 ss. 

Alcoholis 1 iv. 

M. Sig. — For inhalation. Bartholow. 

A small quantity may be placed in a wide-mouthed 
vial and vaporized by the warmth of the hand. The 
vapor should be snuffed into the nose. 

In Chronic Throat Affections. 

]£ Acid, tannici 3 ii. 

Spts. vini rect 3 i. 

Mist, camph ad § x. 

M. Sig. — As an astringent gargle. Bartholow. 



FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 1 3 

In these throat affections the above as a gargle, 
combined with a spray of a solution of tannin, 3 grs. 
to the I is of great benefit. 

Chronic Bronchitis, Emphysema, Spasmodic Asthma, Hay 
Asthma, and Phthisis. 

3 Potass, arsenit gr. xv. 

Aquae destillat , . . § j. 

Take unsized white paper, thoroughly moisten it 
with this solution, dry and cut into twenty equal 
parts and roll each part into a cigarette. Two or 
three of these are to be smoked daily, inhaling the 
smoke. Trousseau. 

The above is also found very beneficial in acute and 
chronic coryza. 

In Chronic Bronchitis. 

$ Ext. eucalypt | j. 

Ammon. muriat 3 ij. 

Ext. glycyrrhizae \ ij. 

Syr. tolu I iij. 

M. Sig. — A tablespoonful four or six times a day. 

Bartholow. 
This forms an excellent expectorant in cases of 
chronic bronchitis and bronchorrhoea. 



Chronic Bronchitis. 
$ Ammonii chloridi 3 ij. 

Mist, glycyrrhizae co 5 "j- 

M. Sig. — A dessertspoonful three times a day. 

Dr. Da Costa, 



14 FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 

This formula is adapted for those cases of bronchi- 
tis accompanied by chronic catarrh in old persons. 



Acute Bronchitis. 

^ Vini ipecacuanhae 3 ij. 

Liq. potassii citratis § iv. 

Tinct. opii camphoratae 

Syrupi acaciae aa § j. 

M. Sig. — A tablespoonful thrice daily in the first 
stage of ordinary acute bronchitis. Dr. Da Costa. 

This union of the sedative effects of opium with the 
excito -secretory action of the ipecacuanha on the con- 
gested mucous membrane has been found very ser- 
viceable. 



Aphthae of Phthisis. 

$ Quiniae sulph gr. j. 

Olei piperis nigris gtt. j. 

Aquae 1). 

M. Sig. — May be applied with a brush, or mouth 
rinsed with it. This is the wash in use at Roosevelt 
Hospital, and is at the same time antiseptic and stimu- 
lant. 



In Mercurial Salivation. 

^ Acidi . tannici 3 i. 

Mel. rosaa § ij. 

Aquae § vj. 

M. Sig. — As a gargle, Bartholow, 



FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 15 

Whooping Cough Mixture. 

Infants' Hospital, Ra?idalVs Island, N. Y. 

IJ, Acid, nitric, dil fl. 3 i. 

Syr. pruni virg fl. f -J. 

Aquae q. s. ad fl. § 2. 

Mix. Dose: a teaspoonful. 

Whooping Cough Mixture. 

Outdoor Department of Bellevue Hospital, N. Y. 

I£ Tinct. nucis vom fl. 32. 

Vin. ipecac fl. 3 2 -J. 

Syr. sarsap. co 

" senegae aa fl. § 1 -J. 

Mix. Dose: a teaspoonful, for children. 

Dr. Ackermann. 

Letzerich's Treatment of Diphtheria by Benzoate of Soda. 

$ Sodae benzoat, pur 3 j. 

Aquae destillat 

Aquae menth. pip aa f j. 

Syrup cort. aurantii 3 ij. 

M. For an infant under one year old, one-half table- 
spoonful every hour. 

For Hemorrhages. 

]J Acidi gallici 3 j. 

Glycerini § ss. 

Aquae destillat f vj. 

M. Sig. — Two tablespoonfuls three times a day. 

Farquharson, 



l6 FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 

In Mitral Regurgitation and in Dilatation of the Cavi- 
ties of the Heart. 

$ Ferri redacti 

Quinize sulphat 

Pulv. digitalis aa3j. 

Pulv. scillae gr. x. 

M. Ft. pil. No. xx. 

Sig. — One pill three or four times a day. Bartholow. 
This prescription is especially serviceable in those 
cases of dilatation accompanied by cough, difficult 
breathing and general dropsy, and is of more value in 
such cases than so called cardiac sedatives and diu- 
retics. 



In Chronic Heart Disease. 

$ Pulv. digital gr. xxx. 

Fer. sulph. exsiccat gr. xv. 

Pulv. capsici gr. xl. 

Pil. al. et myrrh § ij. 

M. Ft. pil. No. tx. 

Sig. — One twice a day. Fothergill. 

This is indicated in the following condition so fre- 
quent in heart disease, viz.: Where gastric catarrh, 
copious eructations of wind and inactivity of the 
"bowels are associated with the cardiac debility. 



Mixture of Digitalis and Iron for Cardiac Weakness with 
Dilatation of the Ventricles. 

$ Tr. ferri perchlorid 3 ij. 

Syr. zingiberis 3 vj. 

Inf. digitalis 1 v. 

M. Tablespoonful three times daily. 



FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 1 7 

Bell's Gargle. 

$ Sodii biboratis „ 3 2. 

Fermenti 

Mellis aa § -£. 

Aquae q. s. ad fl. § 8. 

Mix. 

In Cardiac Debility with Scanty Flow of Urine. 

B Tinct. digitalis TT[x. 

Sp. aether nit 3 ss. 

Inf. buchu 1 j. 

M. Sig. — Three times a day. Fothergill. 

This is a pleasant combination and may have citrate 
of potash added to it with advantage, or if there is 
much debility with the heart disease, or it is associ- 
ated with atonic gout, the following will prove very 
efficacious: 

^ Pot. bicarb gr. x. 

Fer. am. cit . . gr. v. 

Tinct. digitalis lUx. 

Inf. buchu • ? j. 

Sig. — Three times a day, followed by draught of 
water. 

Influenza. 

$ Ac. phos. dil M. xv. 

Spt. chloroformi M. xxv. 

Syr. scillae 3 j. 

Aquae ad. § j. 

M. Sig. — Four or six times every twenty-four hours. 

Fothergill. 



1 8 FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 

This will form an efficient expectorant, free from 
depressant effects in epidemic catarrh. In the con- 
valescent stage where a tonic is also desired the fol- 
lowing is very acceptable: 

$ Acid nit. dil M. x. 

Sp. chloroformi 3 ss. 

Inf. cinchonae § j. 

Sig. — Three or four times a day. FothergilL 

hi TJIceratefl ULcmh. or Gums or Mercurial Salivation. 

% Potass, chloratis 3 j. 

Aquae ^ vi. 

Two teblespoonfuls three times a day as a gargle. 

Farquharson. 

Acute Pleuritis. 

5 Tinct. aconit. rad 3 ij. 

Tinct. opii deodorat 3 vj. 

M. Sig. — Eight drops in water every hour or two. 

Bartholow. 
In acute pleuritis, before the stage of effusion has 
set in, no more effective combination will be found 
than the above. 

Enlarged Heart Without Valvular Lesion. 

^ Ext. ergotae fl | iijss. 

Tr. digitalis § ss. 

M. Sig. — A teaspoonful three times a day. 

Bartholow 



FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 19 

A Stimulating Expectorant. 

B Am. carbonat gr. v. 

Tinct. nuc. vom m. x. 

Tinct scillae 3 ss. 

Inf. serpentar § j. 

M. Sig. — Three times a day. Fothergill. 

In those cases in which chronic bronchitis is associ- 
ated with emphysema, or in the second stage of acute 
bronchitis, where the heart is severely taxed, this com- 
bination of remedies will strengthen the over-taxed 
heart and clear out the air passages. 



Acute Catarrh. 

1$ Antim. et potass, tart gr. ss. 

Morphise acetat gr. ss. 

Aquae § ij. 

M. Sig. — A tablespoonful every hour or so. 

Dr. Barthelow. 
This is advised in the first stage of catarrh when the 
mucous membrane is dry and swollen. 



Haemoptysis. 

^ Plumbi acetat 3 ij. 

Pulv. digital 3 j. 

Pulv. opii gr. x. 

M. Ft. pil. No. xx. 

Sig. — One every four hours. 

Dr. Roberts Bartholow. 



20 FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 

Gaseous Pneumonia. 

B Inf. digital § iv. 

Plumbi acetat 3 j. 

Tinct. opii 3 j. 

M. Sig. — A teaspoonful twice a day. 

Dr. Oppolzer. 

Coryza. 

# Pulveris aluminis gr. v-xxx. 

Aquae f j. 

M. Sig. — To be drawn into the nostrils three or 
four times a day in the form of spray. 

J. So/is Cohen, M.D. 
This spray will diminish the profuse secretion and 
destroy the fcetor incident to coryza. 



Expectorant Mixture for Children. 
Outdoor Department of Bellevue Hospital, N. Y, 

3 Syr. senegas 

" pruni virg 

" acaciae aa fl. ^ i. 

M. Dose: a teaspoonful. Dr. Holgate. 

Expectorant Mixture. 

Insane Asylum, BlackwelVs Island, N. Y. 

9 Spts._ etheris co ") £ j 

byr. ipecac I ^ £ 

Tinct. opii camph [ each 

Aquae J 

M. Dose: a teaspoonful. 



FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 21 

Cough Mixture. 

Outdoor Department of Bellevue Hospital, N. Y. 

# Syr. tolut ] 

Syr. pruni. virg 

Tr. hyoscyami J- aa fl. § j. 

Spts. etheris com I 

Aquae J 

M. Sig. — Dose: a teaspoonful. 

Prof. E. G. Janeway. 

$ Acid hydrocyan dil 3 i. 

Tinct. sanguinariae 3 iv. 

Syr. senegae § ss. 

Syr. tolutan § ij. 

Aquae lauro-cerasi 3 vij. 

M. Sig. — One or two teaspoonfuls, according to age, 
every three or four hours. Dr. Bartholow. 

This formula is most successful in treating the 
cases of cough by habit after the cessation of the 
whooping cough proper. It is also very useful in 
allaying the nervous cough of mothers which exists 
during the presence of cough in the household. 



Expectorant Mixture. 
Charity Hospital, BlackwelVs Island, N. Y. 

I£ Tinct. sanguinar fl. 3 i 

Tinct. opii camph 

Syr. scillae 

Syr. tolut aa fl. 3 2 

Aquae q. s. ad fl. 1 2 

Mix. Dose: a teaspoonful. 



22 FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 

Asthmatic Mixture. 

Bellevue Hospital, N. Y. 

and 

Charity Hospital, BlackwelVs Island, N. Y. 

fy Spiritus aether co , 

Liquor morph. sulph (U. S.) aa fl. § i 

Mix. Dose: from one teaspoonful to a tablespoon- 
ful. 



Mistura "Bronchi." 
Outdoor Department of Bellevue Hospital, N. Y. 

IJ Ammonii carbon grs. 10 

Syr. ipecac fl. 3 i£ 

Tinct. opii camph fl. 3 i 

Syr. pruni virg 

Aquge q. s. ad fl. § 2 

Mix. Dose: a teaspoonful, for children. 

Dr. Beverly Robinson. 



Carbonate of Ammonia Mixture. 
Outdoor Department of Bellevue Hospital, N. Y. 

^ Ammonii carbonat 3 i 

Syr. senegae fl. 3 4 

" ipecac fl. 3 2 

" tolut fl. 3 4 

Ext. glycyrrh 3 i 

Aquae cinnam. q. s. ad fl. f 4 

Mix. Dose: a teaspoonful, for children. 

Dr. Geo. H. Bosley. 



FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 23 

Chloride of Ammonium Mixture. 
Outdoor Department of Bellevue Hospital, N. Y. 

^ Ammonii chloridi 3 i 

Potassii chlorat grs. 40 

Syr. senegae fl. 3 4 

" ipecac .' A. 3 3 

" tolut fl. 3 5 

Ext. glycyrrhizae 3 1 

Aqua cinnam. q. s. ad fl. § 4 

Mix. Dose: a teaspoonful, for children. 

Dr. Geo. H. Bosley. 

Compound Licorice Mixture. 
(Brown Mixture.') 

$ Pulv. ext. glycyrrh 

" sacchari 

" acaciae : aa 3 1 

Tinct. opii camph fl. 3 •§• 

Vini antimonii fl. 3 2 

Spts. etheris nit fl. 3 1 

Aquae q. s. ad fl. § 4 

Mix. Dose: a teaspoonful. Shake before using. 

Stokes' Expectorant Mixture. 

^ Ammonii carbon grs. 32 

Ext. senegae fl 

Ext. scillae fl aa fl. 3 1 

Tinct. opii camph fl. 3 6 

Aquae fl. f i 

Syr. tolut. q. s. ad fl. 1 4 

Mix. Dose: a teaspoonful. 



24 FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 

Expectorant Emulsion. 
Hart's Island Hospital, New York. 

$ Morph. sulph . . . , gr. ij. 

Syr. scillae t 

" ipecac aa fl. | ij. 

" tolut 

" pruni virg aa fl. § jss. 

Tr. benz. comp 

Tr. sanguinariae aa fl. f ss. 

Aquae fl. § ij. 

Mix. Dose: a teaspoonful. 

Expectorant Mixture. 
Outdoor Department of Bellevue Hospital, N. Y. 

3 Syr. scillae co 

" ipecac aa fl. § i 

Syrupi fl. § i 

Mix. Dose: a teaspoonful, for children. 

Dr. Swezey. 

Sedative Mixture. 
Outdoor Department of Bellevue Hospital, N. Y. 

I£ Acid, hydrocyan. dilut 

Chloroformi purif aa fl. 3 i 

Tinct. hyoscyami 

Syr. tolutani 

Aquae camphorae 

Mucil. acaciae aa fl. % i 

Mix. Dose: a teaspoonful. 

Dr. Katzenbach, 



FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 25 

Licorice Mixture. 
Outdoor Departme?it of Bellevue Hospital, N. Y. 

Ammonii chloridi 

Ext. glycyrrhizae aa 3 2 

Tinct. opii camph fl. 3 2 

Aquae q. s. ad fl. § 4 

Mix. Dose: a teaspoonful. Dr. Br ekes. 



Hoffmann's Anodyne and Iodide of Potash. 
Outdoor Department of Bellevue Hospital, N. Y. 

^ Potass, iodidi 3 3 

Tinct. tolut fl. 3 1 

Ext. pruni virg. fl fl. 3 1 

Syrupi fl. § 1 

Spts. aetheris co fl. 3 2 

Aquae fl. f 1 

Mix. Dose: a teaspoonful. 

Prof. E. G. J anew ay. 



Nitrate of Potash Mixture. 
Outdoor Department of Bellevue Hospital, JV. Y. 

^ Potass, nitrat gr. 1 

Spts. aether, nit 

Syr. ipecac aa fl. 3 i 

Syr. pruni virg fl. 3 2 

Aquae q. s. ad fl. § 1 

Mix. Dose: a teaspoonful, for children. 

Dr. Robinson. 



26 FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 

Hydrocyanic Mixture. 
Bellevue Hospital, New York. 

3- Potass, cyanidi I 

Morphiae sulphat aa grs. iv. 

Syr. tolut fl. § iv. 

Mix. Each 3 contains -J gr. each of potassium 
cyanide and morphia sulphate. Dose: a teaspoonful. 

Hydrocyanic Mixture. 
Charity Hospital, BlackwelVs Island, N. Y. 

I£ Potass, cyanidi grs. 2 

Vini antimonii fl. 3 2 

Syr. tolut 

Mucil. acacias aa fl. § -J 

Aquae q. s. ad fl. § 1 

Mix. Dose : a teaspoonful. 

Chlorate of Potash Mixture. 
Outdoor Department of Bellevue Hospital, N. Y. 

5 Potass, chlorat 3 1 

Ext. glycyrrhizae 3 -£ 

Ammonii chloridi 3 1 

Aquae fl. § 4 

Mix. Dose: a teaspoonful. Dr. Geo. G.Wheelock. 



Stimulating Expectorant. 

5 Ammon. carbonat gr. xl. 

Tinct. scillae 3 ij. 

Syr. tolutani 3 iij. 

Infus. senegae § vij. 

Mis. Ft. mistura et sig. two tablespoonfuls every 
four hours. Dr. Farquharson. 



FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 2J 

Cyanide and Bromide of Potash Mixture. 
Outdoor Department of Bellevue Hospital, N. Y. 

3 Potass, bromidi 3 4 

Potass, cyanidi grs. 4 

Syr. pruni virgin fl. § 4 

Mix. Dose : a teaspoonful. 

Pneumonia. 

I£ Ammon. carb grs. lxxx. 

Mucilag 

Aquae aa fl. § i. 

Spts. vini gallici fl. § ii. 

M. Sig. — A tablespoonful three times daily. 
When indicated, this is alternated with the follow- 
ing: 

5 Syrup scillae. co 3 iii- 

Vini ipecac. 3 iss. 

Morph. sulph gr. ss. 

Aquae 1 iss. 

Syrupi q. s. ad 5 iv. 

M. Sig. — A tablespoonful three times daily. 
Where the dyspnoea becomes severe, with signs of 
increasing exhaustion, feeble heart action, etc., the 
amount of stimulants is increased to § xii daily, and 
in addition: 

^ Infus. digitalis 3 ii. 

Sig. — Dose, every three hours. 

Where dulness is present over more or less of the 

lung, ammonium muriate, grs. xx. three times daily is 

administered. Dr. W. H. Thomson. 

f 



28 FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 

Hoffmann's Anodyne and Iodide of Potash. 
Outdoor Department of Bellevue Hospital, N. Y. 

3, Ammonii carbon grs. 50 

Potass, iodidi 3 $ 

Syr. pruni virg 

Spts. aether, co , aa fl. f i£ 

Mix. Dose : a teaspoonful. 

Dr. Katzenbach, 



Hydrothorax. 

^ Potass, carbon grs. xx. 

Aquae f ss. 

M. et add 

Succi limonis § ss. 

Sig. — Dose, every two hours. 

With this also give: 

Infus. digitalis 3 j-ij. 

three times daily. A. Clark. 

Connter-Irritant in Pleurisy. 

^ Iodinii 3 j. 

Potass, iodidi 3 ij. 

Aq. destil 

Alcohol aa J ij. 

M. W. H. Draper. 

^ Iodinii § ijss. 

Potass, iodidi § ss. 

Alcoholis 5 xij • 

Aquae § iv. 

M. F. Delafield. 



FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 29 

Dyspnoea of Valvular Disease. 

# Liq. Morph. U. S. P . 

Spts. ether, co. aa § i. 

M. Dose, a teaspoonful. A. Flint 

Diuretic in Pleurisy. 

]£ Potas. acetat 3 ss 

Infus. digitalis § ss. 

M. Sig. — Dose, every four hours. A. Flint 

Diuretic Pill in Pleurisy. 

5 Pulv. scillse 

Pulv. digitalis 

Massa hydrarg aa gr. j. 

M. Ft. pil. . W. H. Draper. 

Acute Catarrhal Bronchitis. 

^ Amraon. chlorid 3 ij. 

Potass, chlorat 3 j. 

Aq. Cinnam f iij. 

Syr. senegae 5 ss - 

Spts. ether nit % ss. 

Ext. glycyrrh 3 iss. 

M. Sig. — Tablespoonful every two hours. 

J. R. Learning. 

Emphysema. 

5 Potass, iodidi 3 iij. 

Ammon. carbon grs. 50 

Syr. pruni virg 

Spts. ether, co , aa § iss. 

M. Dose, a teaspoonful. A. Flint 



30 FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 

Acute Pleurisy. 
At the onset of the attack: — 

$ Tr. aconit. rad gtt. xx. 

Tr. opii camph 

Spts. etheris nit aa § ss. 

Liq. ammon. acet J v. 

M. Sig. — A tablespoonful every three hours. 

/. H. Ripley. 

Bronchitis. 

Ijt Potass, iodidi 3 iij. 

Tr. tolutan 3 j. 

Ext. pruni virg. fl 3 j. 

Syrupi § j. 

Spts. ether, co § ij. 

Aquae I j. 

M. Dose, a teaspoonful. E. G. Janeway. 

In Ulceration of the Larynx. 

$ Glycerini acidi carbolici 

Succi conii aa § j. 

Misce. A teaspoonful to be put into a pint of 
water at the temperature of 170 , and the steam in- 
haled for fifteen minutes twice or thrice a day. 

Dr. Dobell. 



In Hoarseness from Weakness of Larynx. 

$ Acid i benzoici gr. ss. 

Pastae ribis rubri (red currant paste). . .gr. x. 
M. fiat trochiscus. One every hour or two. 

Dr. M. Mackenzie, 



FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. ; 

In Cardiac Debility. 

Liq. strychniae ~tt[ v. 

Tinct. digitalis TTJ, x. 

Tinct. ferri perchlor TT| x. 

Aquae vel inf. quassias J j. 

Misce. To be taken three times a day. 

Dr. J. M. Fothergill 



Anti-Rheumatic in Pericarditis. 

$ Potass, iodidi 3 v. 

Vin. colchici sem f i. 

Tinct. cimicif ug. rac ^n. 

Tinct. stramon § ss. 

Tinct. opii camph § iss. 

M. Dose: a teaspoonful three times daily. 

Dr. W. H. Draper. 



In Angina Pectoris. 

$ Liq. arsenicalis TT[ v. 

Aquae § j. 

Misce. To be taken three times a day. 

Dr. F. E. Anstie. 



In Haemoptysis. 

^ Acidi tannici 3 ss. 

Conf. rosae, q. s 

Fiant pilulae, xviij. Take one every four hours. 

Cottereau. 



32 FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 

In Ulcerated Throat, Cancrum Oris, etc. 

^ Cupri sulphatis gr. v. 

Oxymellis 5 ss. 

Misce. Apply it with a camel-hair pencil.' 

Mr. Brande. 

In Consumptive Cough. 

$ Mucil. acaciae f § j. 

Aquae destil f § viss. 

Syr. tolutani f § ss. 

Acidi hydrocy. dil TT[ xij. 

Misce. A tablespoonful every three hours. 

Mr. S. G. Morton. 

In Cardiac Debility. 

$ Tinct. belladonnae Tlj, xx. 

Tinct. nucis vom TT], x. 

Aquae camph § j. 

Misce. To be taken three times a day. 

Dr. J. M. Fothergill. 

To Quiet Common or Spasmodic Cough. 

$ Ext. conii gr. v. 

Mist, amygdalae f 3 xiv. 

Syr. papaveris f 3 ij. 

Misce. Sumat cochleare unum medium bis vel ter 
die. Mr. Brande. 

In Advanced Heart Disease. 

$ Gambogiae gr. j. 

Pulv. jalapae co 3 ij. 

Fiat pulvis. Dr. J. M. Fothergill. 



FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 33 

In Cardiac Debility. 

3 Tinct. colchici sem TT1, x. 

Tinct. digitalis TIJ, x. 

Sp. etheris nit Tfl xxv. 

Inf. buchu I j. 

Misce. To be taken three times a day. 

Dr. J. M. Fothergill. 

In Acute Congestion of the Pharynx and Larynx. 
I£ Tinct. benzoini co 3 j ad 3 ij. 

To be added to a pint of water at 150 F., and in- 
haled for five or eight minutes every four or six hours 
from a suitable inhaler. Dr. Morell Mackenzie. 

In Chronic Heart Disease. 

I£ Pulv. digitalis gr. \ — j. 

Ferri sulph gr. j. 

Pulv. capsici gr. \. 

Ext. gentianae gr. ij. 

M. f. pilula. Take three a day. Dr. Fothergill. 

In Simple Cardiac Debility. 

^ Tinct. digitalis TTL x. 

Sp. chloroform TTj, xxv. 

Inf. buchu 3 j. 

Misce. To be taken three times a day. 

Dr. J. M. Fothergill. 

In Chronic Pleuritis. 

IJ Pulv. digitalis 

Quin. sulph aa gr. j. 

Confec. rosse, q. s . . 

Fiat pilula. To be taken three times a day. 

Niemeyer. 



34 FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 

In Cardiac Debility. 

Ijt Ferri tartarat gr. v. 

Potass, bicarb gr. v. 

Tinct. digitalis V\ x. 

Inf. calumbae | j. 

Misce. To be taken three times a day. 

Dr. J. M. Fothergill. 



In Tonsillitis. 

$ Resinae guaiaci gr. iij. 

Pastae ribis rubri (red currant paste).. gr. vij. 
M. f. trochiscus. [One to be sucked every hour or 
two.] Dr. M. Mackenzie. 

In Ozaena. 

3 Hydrarg. iodidi rubri ... 

Hydrarg. subchlor aa gr. xij. 

Sacch. alb § ss. 

Misce. To be used as an errhine. Niemeyer. 

In Acnte Bronchial Catarrh. 

5 Ext. glycyrrhizae | ij. 

Liq. ammon. anisati 1 ij. 

Aquae fceniculi § vj. 

Misce. To be taken in teaspoonfuls. Niemeyer. 

In Bronchocele. 

^ Tinct. iodi § j. 

Inject TT[xxx into the substance of the gland once a 
week for the first two or three weeks, and after, once 
a fortnight as long as necessary. Give iodide of po- 
tassium internally. Dr. Morell Mackenzie, 



FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 35 

In Pleuritis. 
# Iodi 3 ss. 

Potass, iodidi 3 ss. 

Aquae destil § ij. 

Fiat lotio. To be applied to affected side. 

Niemeyer. 

In Ozsena. 

I£ Iodini gr. ij — iv. 

Potass, iodidi gr. iv — viij. 

Aquae 1 vj. 

Fiat injectio. Niemeyer. 

An Emetic in Nocturnal Dyspnoea of Laryngitis. 

fy Pulv. ipecac 3 j. 

Antimon. tartar gr. j. 

Oxymel. scillae 3 ii j- 

Aquae § iss. 

Misce. A teaspoonful every ten minutes. 

Niemeyer. 

In Putrid Sorethroat, Scarlatina, etc. 

$, Tinct. myrrhae 

Aceti ana § ij. 

Mellis | j. 

Inf. serpentariae Oiiss 

Misce. Fiat gargarisma. Dr. Fothergill. 

In Relaxation of Pharynx. 

J£ Ex. krameriae gr. iij. 

Pastae ribis rubri (red currant paste), .gr. vij. 
M. Fiat trochiscus. One every two or three hours. 

Dr. M. Mackenzie. 



36 FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 

A Stimulant in Congestion of the Larynx. 

$ Ol. pini sylvest 3 ij — 3 iij. 

Magnes. carb. levis gr. Ix. 

Aquae, ad fl. § iij. 

M. A teaspoonful in a pint of water, at 150 F., to 
be inhaled night and morning for ten minutes. (An 
increased stimulant character may be given to this in- 
halation by the addition of twenty grains of camphor 
to the mixture.) Dr. M or ell Mackenzie. 



In Acute Bronchial Catarrh. 

]£ Liq. ammon. anisat 3 ss. 

Inf. senegae 3 ij-iv. 

Aquae 5 vj. 

Misce. Two tablespoonfuls three times a day. 

Niemeyer. 



In Aphthae of the Mouth. 

IJ Sodae sulphitis 3 j. 

Aquae I). 

Misce. Ut fiat lotio. Sir W. Jenner. 

In Dropsy of Emphysema. 

^ Aceti scillae J j. 

Potass, carb. ad saturationem 

Aquae destil f vj. 

Misce. A tablespoonful every two hours. 

Niemeyer. 



FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 2>7 

Heart Stimulant. 

B Nitroglycerin! gr. -^ 

Tr. digitalis ""lij. 

Tr. strophanthi ^ij. 

Tr. belladonnae mj 

M. Make into tablet or pill. 

Sig. — One every three to four hours for angina pectoris, 
palpitation, tobacco heart, or weak heart. 

Dr. DaCosta. 



For Dilated Heart. 

3 Potass, iodid gr. v. 

Ex. digitalis fl mij. 

Ex. convallariae majalis fl fflxx. 

M. Sig. — For a dose repeated after each meal. 

Delafield. 

For Acute Cold. 

3 Quininae sulphatis gr. ij. 

Pulv. ipecac, et opii gr. ij. 

Oleores. capsici g r - sV 

Tr. aconiti "fllss. 

M. Ft. tablet. 

Sig. — One every three hours for acute cold. 

For Bronchitis. 
5 Terebene Ij. 

Sig. — Ten to fifteen drops on sugar every four hours in 
acute or chronic bronchial catarrh, especially with profuse 
muco-purulent expectoration. 



38 FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 

The terebene may also be administered according to 
the following formula : 

3 Terebene 3 ijss. 

Mucl. acacia 

Aquae aa 1 ss. 

Syr. zingiberi q. s. ad 1 ij. 

M. Sig. — Teaspoonful three times a day. Nicholls. 

For Cough. 

3 Terpin hydratis gr. v. 

Codeinae gr. \ 

M. Ft. tablet. 

Sig. — One every two to four hours for cough due to 
laryngitis or bronchitis, A very effective tablet for har- 
rassing night cough. 

For Cough. 
B Heroin gr. A 

Ft. tablet. 

Sig — One tablet every three to four hours for cough or 
pains in the chest due to any cause, but especially bron- 
chitis and phthisis. The dose of heroin ranges from one- 
twelfth to one-fiftieth of a grain. The former dose some- 
times causes nausea; the latter is frequently sufficient to 
control cough, but is insufficient in many cases. Heroin 
may be satisfactorily combined with terpine as in the fol- 
lowing prescription: 

5 Heroin g r - A- 

Terpin. hydrat gr. iii.-v. 

M. Ft. tablet. 

Sig. — One every three to four hours. This is of 
especial value in the cough of elderly people. 



FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 39 

For Epistaxis, 

3 Antipyrin gr. 1. 

Acid, tannic gr. j. 

Pulv. sacchari gr. x. 

M. Sig. — Apply topically. Rendu. 

For Quinsy. 

B Sodii salicylat 3 iij. 

Syr. acacise 1 ss. 

Aq. cinnam ad 1 iij. 

M. Sig. — Dessertspoonful every three hours. 

Easby. 

For Dry Pharyngitis. 

B Pilocarpine muriat gr. ij. 

Aquae 

Glycerine aa f j. 

M. Sig. — Teaspoonful three times a day. Sajous. 

For Sore Throat. 

3 Menthol gr. fo 

Ac. benzoici gr. tV 

Eucalyptol gr. tV 

01. Gaultherie gr. tV 

Cocaine hydrochlor e gr. jfa 

Sacchari gr. v. 

M. Sig. — Dissolve one in the mouth every hour or 
less. 

This is an excellent stimulant and antiseptic tablet 
which does not dry the throat nor disturb the appetite. 
It is indicated in all forms of sore throat having a red and 
inflamed mucous membrane. 



4<D FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 

For Phthisis. 

B Terpinol 

Sodii benzoatis aa gr. xv. 

M. Div. in capsulas No. x. 

Sig. — A capsule every hour or two. To diminish the 
expectoration and remove its odor. Rabow. 



Coryza-Rhinitis. 

ty Camphorae gr. ss. 

Ext. belladonnae fl % \ 

Quininae sulphatis gr. ss. 

M. Ft. tablet. 

Sig. — One tablet every hour for four doses, then every 
two to four hours. Dr. Lincoln. 

This is a very popular tablet and is extensively used. 
The half strength tablets frequently employed must be 
administered very frequently to be effective. The fol- 
lowing prescriptions are especially effective in the coryza 
accompanying grip, either with or without sore throat 
and cough: 

ty Quininae sulphatis . 

Camphorae 

Ammonii muriatis aa gr. ss. 

Pulv. opii 

Ext. belladonnae 

Ext. aconiti . . . aa gr. T V 

M. Ft. tablet. 

Sig. — One every hour till the throat becomes dry, then 
every two to three hours. Dr. Richards. 



FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 41 

fy Quininas sulphatis gr. ^ 

Camphorae gr. \ 

Morphinae gr. ^V 

Atropiae sulphatis gr. ^ 

Strychniae sulphatis gr. *£ T 

M. Ft. tablet. 

Sig — Administer like the preceding tablet. 



For Otitis and Otorrhcea. 

5 Liq. hydrogenii peroxidi (10 vol.) 1 iv. 

Sig. — Syringe the ear carefully with one part solution 
to two of water, and when cleansed drop in a few drops 
of the above solution. C. H. Burnett 



For Furunculosis of the Ear. 

3 Acid, carbol 3 ss. 

Glycerinae 3 ix. 

M. Sig. — Drop a few drops into the ear two or three 
times daily, after cleansing. Hartmann. 



For Earache. 

3 Chloral camphorat gr. v. 

Glycerinae gr. xxx. 

Ol. amygdal. dulc gr. x. 

M. Sig. — Apply a little on absorbent cotton and place 
in ear. Journ. de Medecine. 



FAVORITE PERSCRIPTIONS. 
For By Dr. 

3 



Dose 

How often 
Remarks 

Foi By Dr- 



Dose 

How often 
Remarks 

For By Dr. 



Dose 

How often 
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FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 43 



II. 

DISEASES OF THE ABDOMINAL VISCERA. 



In Lead Colic. 

5 Aluminis 3 ij. 

Acid sulph. dil 3 j. 

Syr. limonis f j. 

Aquae 3 iij. 

M. Sig. — A tablespoonful every hour or two. 

Bartholow. 
Will relieve the violent pains of painter's colic. 



Rum Stomach. 

5 Tinct. nucis vomicae grs. v-xv. 

Tinct. gentianae co 

Tinct. columbae co aa 3 j. 

M. Sig. — Take before meals. 

Dr. Alfred L. Loo?nts. 
This is advised in those cases of rum stomach ac- 
companied by gaseous distension of the bowels and 
stomach. We may also advantageously give a mercu- 
rial or aloetic purge. 



44 FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 

Gastric Catarrh. 

3 Aluminis 3 ij. 

Ext. gentian % 3 ss. 

M. Ft. pil. No. xxx. Sig. — Two pills three times a 
day. Dr. Bartholow. 

This formula is held to be most effective when there 
is vomiting of glairy mucus from the stomach. 



West's Mixture. 

B Ol. ricini fl. 3 2 

Pulv. acaciae 

Pulv. sacchari aa 3 2 

Tinct. opii m. 21 

Aquae cinnam. q. s. ad fl. J 4 

Mix. Dose : a teaspoonful, for children, in diar- 
rhoea. 



Opium, Rhubarb and Camphor. 
Outdoor Department of Bellevue Hospital, N. Y. 

^ Tinct. opii 

Tinct. rhei arom 

Spts. camphorae aa fl. 3 i 

Tinct. cardam co ...fl. 32 

Aquae anisi q. s. ad fl. ^ 4 

Mix. Dose : a tablespoonful, for children, in diar- 
rhoea. Dr. Swezey. 



Hot Drops. 
Charity Hospital, BlackwelVs Island, N. Y. 

$ Tinct. opii 

Tinct. capsici 

Spts. camphorae 

Spts. menthae pip 

Aquae fl. § 1 

Mix. Dose : a teaspoonful. 



>aa fl. 3 2 



FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 45 

Cholera Morbus. 

3 Chloral hydratis 3 iij. 

Morphiae sulphatis gr. iv. 

Aquae laurocerasi J j. 

M. Sig. — From fifteen to twenty minims injected 
hypodermically for cholera and cholera morbus. 

Roberts Bartholow, M.D. 

This injection may produce considerable burning 
pain and an indurated lump, but it is considered by 
Dr. Bartholow to be the most effective remedy known 
for relief of cholera, etc., the patient not infrequently 
being wrested from a condition of extreme danger. 



Habitual Constipation. 

# Ext. stillingiae fl 3 v. 

Tinct. belladonnae 

Tinct. nucis vomicae 

Tinct. physostigmae aa 3 j. 

M. Sig. — Twenty drops in water three times a day 
before meals. Bartholow. 



Acute Dysentery. 

$ Cupri sulph gr. ss. 

Magnes. sulph § j. 

Acid sulph. dil 3 j. 

Aquae %iv. 

M. Sig. — A tablespoonful every four hours. 

Dr. Roberts Bartholow. 



46 FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 

Chronic Diarrhoea. 

3 Bismuthi subnitratis gr. v. 

Morphiae sulphat gr. T ^. 

M. Sig. — This much two or three or more times 
daily. Dr. Alonzo Clark. 

This formula will often afford relief in these cases, 
though the influence of proper diet and change of 
surroundings should also be considered in treatment. 



Constipation. 

B Tinct. nucis vomicse 

Tinct. belladonnae 

Tinct. physostigmae aa 3 ii- 

M. Sig. — Thirty drops in water morning and even- 
ing. Dr. Bartholow. 

Where constipation is due to torpor of the muscular 
layer of the intestine, combined with deficient secre- 
tion of the mucous membrane, this formula is often 
very serviceable, or the following may be taken: 

5 Ext. physostigmae 

Ext. belladonnae 

Ext. nucis vomicae aa gr. v. 

M. Ft. pil. No. io. Sig. — One pill at bed hour. 

Bartholow. 



Diarrhoea. 

^ Tinct. colombae 3 xv. 

Tinct. opii deodor 3 j. 

M. Sig. — A teaspoonful in a wineglassful of water, 
before meals. Bartholow. 

This formula is best adapted to a condition such as 
the following, viz. : 



FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 47 

Soon after taking food, pain referable to small in- 
testine, nausea, loose evacuations containing undi- 
gested aliments and followed by weakness and de- 
pression. 



In First Stages of Cirrhosis. 

3 Ammon. iodid 3 j. 

Liq. potass, arsenit 3 ss. 

Tinct. colombae § ss. 

Aquae § jss. 

M. Sig. — A teaspoonful three times a day before 
meals. Bartholow. 



Diarrhoea Mixture. 

3 Tinct. opii 

Tinct. capsici 

Tinct. rhei arom 

Spts. menthae pip 

Spts. camphorae 

Mix. Dose: 20-40 min. Dr. Rusche7iberger. 



► aa p. e. 



Compound Aloes Mixture. 

$ Aloes socotr § 1 

Sodii bicarb J T i 

Glycerine 

Spts. lavand co aa fl. ^ 2. 

Ol. menthae pip m. 25 

Aquae. . Oi 

Mix. Dose: one to two tablespoonfuls as a purga- 
tive; one to two teaspoonfuls as a stomachic and 
tonic. 



48 FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 

Diarrhoea Mixture. 
Harts Island Hospital, N. Y. 

# Tinct. capsici fl. § 1 

Tinct. catechu 

Tinct. kino 

Tinct. krameriae aa fl. § 4 

Tinct. opii fl. §3 

Spts. menth. pip fl. § 2 

Spts. camphorse 

Aquae aa fl. J 4 

Mix. Dose: 30-60 minims. 



Diuretic Mixture. 

# Spiritus juniperi 5 ss - 

Potass, acetat 3 jss. 

Spiritus aetheris nit f j. 

Decoc. scoparii (br) § viij. 

Dose : two tablespoonfuls three times a day. 



Hyperemia of the Kidney. 

In addition to general hygienic measures, Prof. 
Montrose Pallen, M.D., advises the use of vaseline in- 
unctions and sponging the surface with hot water and 
alcohol. The use of the hot air or Turkish bath, and 
the most easily digested and highly nutritious food, 
such as milk and kumyss. An aperient is to be given 
and a uniform temperature maintained by keeping 
the patient in bed. Massage is advantageous, stimu- 
lating the circulation. Should the symptoms of ec- 
lampsia come on, we must have recourse to chloroform 
and bleeding. 



FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 49 

Gastralgia. 

^ Argenti oxidi grs. v. 

Ext. hyoscyami grs. v. 

M. Ft. pil. No. x. Sig. — One pill three times a 
day before meals. Bartholow. 

This formula is indicated in cases where there is 
pain after taking food, lasting for an hour or more, 
burning pain with pyrosis coming on after the com- 
pletion of the stage of stomach digestion, eructations 
of food, with sour and acrid matters. 



Anti-Emetic Mixture. 
Charity Hospital, BlackwelVs Island, N. Y. 

]J Creasoti m. 12 

Acid hydrocyan. dil m. 30 

Pulv. acaciae 

" sacchari aa 3 6 

Aquae q. s. ad fl. § 2 

Mix. Dose : a teaspoonful. 



Castor Oil Mixture. 
Outdoor Department of Bellevue Hospital, N. Y. 

I£ Olei ricini fl. 3 4 

Mucil. acaciae 3 4 

Tinct. opii fl. 3 2 

Tinct. rhei. arom fl. 3 4 

Aquae menthae pip. q. s. ad fl. J 4 

Mix. Dose : a teaspoonful, for children, in diar- 
rhoea. Dr. Bosley. 



50 FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 

Hope's Mixture. 

]£ Acid nitrici m, 8 

Tinct. opii m. 40 

Aquae camphorae fl. 5 8 

Mix. Dose : a tablespoonful. In dysentery. 



Rhubarb and Soda. 
Outdoor Department of Bellevue J£osptal % N. Y. 

^ Sodii bicarb 31 

Extr. rhei. fl 

Spts. menthae pip aa fl. 3 1 

Aquae q. s. ad fl. § 4 

Mix. Dose : a tablespoonful. 



Compound Rhubarb Mixture. 

1 fl. 3 contains. 

]£ Ext. rhei. fl m. 256 m. 1 

Ext. ipecac fl m. 51 m. £ 

Sodii bicarb grs. 512 grs. 2 

Glycerinae fl. 1 12 fl. 3 f 

Aq. menthae pip O 2 fl. 3 f 

Mix. Dose : -J to 1 teaspoonful, two or three times 
a day, for children. Dr. Squibb. 

Bicarbonate of Soda. 
Outdoor Department of Bellevue Hospital, N. Y. 

$ Sodii bicarb § 1 

Tinct. zingiber fl. 3 2 

Tinct. gent, co fl. 1 1 

Aquae fl. 1 5 

Mix. Dose: two teaspoonfuls. 



FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 51 

Rhubarb and Soda. 
Bellevue Hospital, New York. 

I£ Sodii bicarbon 3 1 

Pulv. rhei s H 

Spts. menthae pip fl. 3 2 

Aquae q. s. ad fl. | 4 

Mix. Dose : a tablespoonful. 



Rhubarb and Lime. 
Outdoor Department of Bellevue Hospital, N. Y. 

I> Tinct. opii camph 

Syr. rhei. arom , aa fl. § i 

Aquae calcis fl. 1 2 

Mix. Dose : a teaspoonful, for children, in diar- 
rhoea. Dr. Ackermann. 



In Gastralgia and Irritative Dyspepsia. 

5 Bismuthi subcarb 3 iij. 

Morph. sulph gr. j. 

Pulv. aromat 3 j. 

Ft. pulv. No. xii. Sig. — A powder in milk before 
each meal. Dr. Bartholow. 

The above will quiet the existing irritability and re- 
lieve the pain in these cases. 

In Acute and Chronic Dysentery. 

r> Plumb, acetat grs. iv. 

Morphiae acetat gr. ss. 

Aq. fervid § j. 

M. Sig. — Use as an enema. 

Dr. Roberts Bartholow. 



52 FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 

Chronic Interstitial Nephritis. 

5 Tinct. ferri chloridi m. x. 

Syrupi limonis m. 1. 

Aquae 3 iij. 

M. Sig. — To be taken thrice daily in a wineglassful 
of water. Dr. Da Costa. 

Patients in addition to the above means of medica- 
tion, should be treated by a nourishing diet, a little 
wine is allowable, and as a matter of course, hygiene 
should be strictly attended to. 



Uraemia. 

$ Acid benzoici gr. xx. 

Syrupi tolutani § j. 

Sig. — To be given every third hour, largely diluted 
with water. Dr. Da Costa. 

Benzoic acid has the effect of preventing the accu- 
mulation of the urinary salts in the blood, and thus 
exercising a favorable influence over the course of 
the disease. Dr. Da Costa advises also warm bathing 
(and if patient is very weak a vapor bath may be 
given him in bed by means of hot bricks wrapped in 
wet towels) and an efficient purge. 



For Sluggish Liver. 

I£ Acidi nitro-muriat. dil 3 ii. 

Succi (extract) taraxaci § ss. 

Spiritus chloroformi 3 iss. 

Aquae ad. J viij. 

Sig. — | j. three times daily. Dr. Farquharson. 



FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 53 

Diarrhoea of Phthisis. 

3 Resin terebinth gr. i:\ 

Argenti nitrat 

Opii aa gr. i 

M. Sig. — One pill when needed. 
This formula is used in these cases at Roosevelt 
Hospital with uniform good results, the diet being 
milk boiled with mutton suet until it is as thick as 
cream. 

Squibb's Cholera Mixture. 

$ Tinct. opii 

" capsici 

Spts. camphorae aa fl. % i 

Chloroformi , fl. 3 3 

Alcoholis q. s. ad fl. § 5 

Mix. Dose: 20-40 minims. 



Pulv. Bismuthi Cretae et Opii. 
Outdoor Department of Bellevue Hospital, N. Y. 

^ Bismuth, sub-nitr gr. 30 

Cretae praecipit gr. 30 

Pulv. opii gr. 1 

Mix. Divide into ten powders. For children in 
diarrhoea. Dr. J. Lewis Smith. 

Cole's Laxative Pills. 

^ Extr. colocy nth. co gr. 30 

Hydrarg. chlor. mit gr. 10 

Resin, podophylli gr. 1 

Mix. Divide into ten pills. 



54 FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 

Pillulae Aperientes. 

^ Ext. aloes gr. 20 

Pulv. rhei gr. 10 

Ext. nucis vom gr. 5 

Ext. taraxaci gr. 30 

Mix. Divide into twenty pills. Dr. Lusk. 



Pillulae Aloes et Fellis. 

ggtn St. Reception Hospital, N. Y. 

I£ Extr. aloes gr. 30 

Fellis bovis purif gr. 20 

Resin, podophylli gr. 2\ 

Mix. Divide into ten pills. Dose: One pill at 
night in chronic constipation; one pill night and 
morning in acute constipation. 



Laxative Pills. 

99A& St. Reception Hospital, N. Y. 

^ Pulv. rhei 

Pulv. aloes aa gr. 15 

Extr. bellad 

Extr. nucis vom 

. Resin, podophylli aa gr. 3 

Olei caryophylli gtt. 5 

Mix. Divide into twelve pills. Dose: One pill 
mornings and evenings. 



FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 55 

Squibb's Laxative Fills. 

^ Resinae podophylli gr. 36 

Extr. bellad. alcoh gr. 18 

[or, Extr. hyoscyam. ale gr. 144] 

Pulv. capsici gr. 144 

Pulv. sacch. lactis gr. 144 

Pulv. acaciae gr. 36 

Glycerinae m. 40 

Syrupi q. s. 

Mix. Divide into 144 pills. Dry them by exposure 
to the ordinary temperature, until just hard enough 
to retain their form. Then put them into a well-stop- 
pered bottle. 



"Vegetable Cathartic Pills." 

^ Extr. colocynth. co gr. 36 

Resin, podophylli gr. 9 

Resin, leptandrae gr. 3 

Pulv. jalapae gr. 6 

Pulv. aloes soc gr. 12 

Extr. hyoscyam gr. 6 

Olei menthae pip gtt. 5 

Mix. Divide into twenty-four pills 



Liquid Pepsin. 

Pepsini gr. 64 

Aquae fl. 32I 

Acidi hydrochlorici fl. ■£■ 

Glycerinae fl. f 1 £ 

Mix and filter. 



56 FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 

Pulv. Bismuthi et Doveri. 
Outdoor Department of Bellevue Hospital, N. Y. 

$ Bismuthi sub-nitr gr. 4 

Pulv. ipecac co gr. 1 

Mix. One dose for children, in diarrhoea. 

Pulvis Bismuthi Co. 

Outdoor Department of Bellevue Hospital. 

3 Bismuthi sub-nitr 

Sodii bicarb 

Pulv. sacchari 

Pulv. acaciae 

Pulv. zingiber 

Mix. Dose: a tablespoonful, for adults, in dyspep- 
sia. Dr. Wheelock. 



\ aa p. e. 



Pulv. Bismuthi et Pepsini. 

Outdoor Department of Bellevue Hospital, N. Y. 

$ Bismuthi sub-nitr 

Pepsini aa gr. 3 

Mix. One dose, for children. Dr. Swezey. 

Pulvis Glycerrhizse Co. 

5 Pulv. sennae part 2 

Pulv. glycyrrh. rad " 2 

Pulv. foeniculi " 1 

Sulphuris loti " 1 

Pulv. sacchari „ " 6 

Mix. Dose : 30 to 60 grains; an excellent and 
pleasant laxative. 



FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 57 

Pulv. Bismuthi et Pepsini. 
Infants' Hospital, Randall's Island, IV. Y. 

$ Bismuthi sub-carb 

Pepsini aa gr. 2 

Mix. One dose for children. 



Diarrhoea Powder. 
Infants* Hospital, Randall's Island, N. Y. 

Vp Bismuthi sub-carb gr. 2 

Acid tannici gr. 1 

Pulv. ipecac co gr. \ 

Mix. One dose, for children, in diarrhoea. 



The following formula I have sometimes used to 
fulfil the two-fold indication of relieving nausea and 
restraining the bowels in the acute stages of gastro- 
enteritis. 

]£ Bismuth, ammon. cit 3 ss. 

Acid carbolic gtt. ij. 

Liqr. atropiae gtt. ij. 

Tr. menthae gtt. viij. 

Tr. opii. deoderat gtt. x. 

Syrup, acaciae § ij. 

Mix. Sig. — A teaspoonf ul every two or three hours. 
When the more violent symptoms have abated I fre- 
quently prescribe the following to advantage : 

5- Bismuth sub. nitrat 3 i. 

Lactopeptine 3 ss. 

Pulv. cretae co. c. opii 3ss. 

M. Ft. chart No. x. Sig. — One three or four times 
daily. 



58 FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 

When the evacuations are frequent, small, slimy or 
bloody, in other words, dysenteric, I find occasional 
use of a castor oil mixture to very great advantage, 
thus : 

]£ Ol. ricini 3 i. 

Tr. opii. deoderat gtt. vi. 

Syrup, acacise § i. 

Tr. menthae gtt. ij. 

Mix. Sig. — A teaspoonful every two hours till the 
stools assume a healthier character, after which the 
bismuth and lactopeptin powders may be resumed, 
with or without the comp. chalk and opium, as the 
condition of the bowels may indicate. 

A. N. Talley, M.D., Columbia, S. C. 



For Debility and Want of Appetite. 

]£ Quiniae sulph gr. viij. 

Acid nit. dil 3 ss. 

Tinct. aurantii f ss. 

Syrupi aurantii § j. 

Aquas ad. 1 viij. 

Dose : two tablespoonfuls three times a day. 

Farquharson. 

Diarrheal Mixture. 

$ Tinct. catechu 3 vj. 

Pulver. cret. aromat 3 ij. 

Tinct. opii 3 jj. 

Mucilaginis 1 j. 

Aquae cinnamonis ad. 1 vj. 

Take a tablespoonful after each liquid dejection. 

Farquharson. 



FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 59 

Good Purgative Formula. 

]£ Hydrarg. subchlor gr. xij. 

Mannae gr. vj. 

Pulv. tragacanthae comp gr. vj. 

M. Divide into six pills and take two as required. 

Farquharson. 

Chronic Gastric Catarrh. 

3 Argenti nitrat gr. xv. 

Aq. destillat q. s. ad. solv 

Ext. belladon gr. x. 

Ol. carophylli gtt. x. 

Rad. gent, pulv 

Ext. gentianae aa q. s. ut pill No. 60 

Sig. — One three times a day. Bartholow. 



Chronic Diarrhoea and Dysentery. 

$ Cupri sulphat gr. j. 

Morphiae sulphat gr. j. 

Quiniae sulphat gr. xxiv. 

M. ft. pil. No. xij. 

Sig. — One pill three times a day. Bartholow. 

Dr. Bartholow says of the above prescription: " Of 
all the metallic astringents employed for this purpose, 
I know of none better or more effective than sulphate 
of copper. It is specially indicated where there are 
colic-pains, tenesmus, and the stools contain mucus 
streaked with blood." 



60 FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 

In Gastric Ulcer. 

I£ Bismuthi subnitrat 3 ij. 

Morphiae sulphat gr. j. 

M. ft. pulv. No. vj. 
.* Sig. — One three times a day in milk. 

Bartholow. 

OR 

3 Bismuthi subnitrat 3 ij. 

Acid, hydrocyanici dil 3 ij. 

Mucilag. acaciae 

Aquas menth. piperit aa § ij. 

M. Sig. — Tablespoonful three times a day. 

Bartholow. 
These formulae will relieve the pain and vomiting 
of gastric ulcer, which is often so persistent. 



Laxative. 

5 Magnes. sulph \ ij. 

Ferri sulph gr. xxiv. 

Acid, sulphur, dil 3 ij. 

Infus. quassiae § viij. 

Ft. mistura. Take a tablespoonful when going to 
bed. Farquharson. 



A Good Dinner Pill. 

$ Ferri sulph 

Ext. nucis vomicae aa gr. ss. 

Ext. aloes barb gr. iij. 

Ft. pil. To be taken before dinner. 

Farquharson. 



FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 6 1 

In Gastric Irritability. 

^ Bismuthi trisnitrat gr. x. 

Pot, bicarb gr. v. 

Mist, acaciae 3 j. 

Inf. columbse § j. 

M. Sig. — Three times a day before food. 

Fothergill. 
In tuberculosis, in illy-nourished patients where 
gastric irritability interferes with assimilation and di- 
gestion, the above mixture will quiet irritability and 
thus promote assimilation and improve nutrition. 



For Flatulent Dyspepsia. 

]£ Sodii bicarb 

Sacchari aa 3 ij. 

Spiritus ammon. aromat m. xl. 

Aquae menth. piperit ad. § viij. 

The above formula is known as soda mint, and is 
a very pleasant antacid combination. 
Dose. — A tablespoonful after meals. 

Farquharson. 
It admits of the addition of tinct. nux vomica or 
syrup of rhubarb. 



Flatulent Colic. 

3. Tinct. nucis vomicae 3 j. 

Acidi nitro muriatici dil 3 ij. 

Spiritus chloroformi 3 j. 

Infus. gentianae ad. f vj. 

Dose. — Tablespoonful three times daily after meals. 

Farquharson, 



62 FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 

In Atonic Dyspepsia. 

3 Inf. columbae § iv. 

Liq. potassae 3 ss. 

M. Sig. — A dessert to a tablespoonful three times a 
day before meals. Bartholow. 

Anthelmintic. 

$ Olei terebinthinse 5 ss. 

Olei ricini § j. 

Take in one dose. Farquharson. 

The above prescription is very effective against 
round worms and also taeniae. 



For Irritative Dyspepsia. 

I£ Acidi hydrocyanici dil . . . . m. xxv. 

Bismuth subnitratis 3 ss. 

Syr. aurantii § j. 

Gentian, infusi ad. § viij. 

Sig. — A teaspoonful three times a day before meals. 

Dr. Farquharson. 

In Flatulence. 

3 Acidi carbolici gr. j. 

Pulv. rhei gr. iij. 

Fiat pilula. (One every morning after breakfast.) 

Dr. Habershon. 

In Sarcina Ventriculi. 

^ Sodae sulphitis gr. xxx — xl. 

Inf. quassiae § iss. 

Fiat haustus. To be taken three times a day. 

Sir W.Jenner. 



FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 63 

In Constipation. 

$ Sulphur, sublim 3 ij. 

Potass, acid tart 5 ss - 

Syr. limonis 

Saccha. alb aa § iij. 

Fiat electuarium. A teaspoonful two or three times 

a day. Niemeyer. 



In Nephritis (second stage). 

$ Tinct. ferri perchlor 3 ij. 

Sp. aetheris nit 3 iv. 

Inf. quass. ad § vj. 

Misce. A tablespoonful three times a day. 

Dr. Grainger Stewart. 



In Acute Nephritis. 

5 Inf. digitalis § iss. 

Sp. ether nit 3 vj. 

Syr. simplicis § ss. 

Aquae, ad § vj. 

Misce. A tablespoonful three times a day. 

Dr. Grainger Stewart 



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A Strong Purge. 

$ Ol. crotonis V\ iij. 

Pulv. acacias , gr. iij. 

Tere simul, et adde. 

Syr. simp | ss. 

Inf. anthemidis § "J- 

M. In one or two doses. Trousseau and Reveil 



64 FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 

In Chronic Diarrhoea and Dysentery. 

$ Cupri sulphat gr. ss. 

Opii pulv gr. ss. 

Conf. rosae, q. s. ut fiat pil 

Take three a day. Dr. Joy. 

In Colic. 

3 Ol. crotonis Til iij. 

Ol. ricini § ij. 

One tablespoonful every two hours, with opium gr. 
i to i three times daily. Niemeyer. 

In Chronic Gastric Ulcer. 

$ Creasoti TTl iv. 

Aquae 5 V J- 

Misce. In tablespoonful doses. Niemeyer. 

In Acute Gastric Catarrh. 

3 Tannin 3 ss. 

Aquae destil 5 "]• 

Misce. A teaspoonful every two hours where great 
purging but no vomiting. Niemeyer. 

In Chronic Diarrhoea and Dysentery. 

$ Cupri sulphat gr. vj. 

Myrrhae gr. xij. 

Conf. rosae 3 ij. 

Fiat pil. xij. Sumat unam sextis horis. 

Vr. Neligan. 



FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 65 

In Dysentery. 

$ Catechu pulv 3 ij. 

Pulv. acaciae § ss. 

Aquae § vj. 

Misce. A tablespoonful every two hours. 

Niemeyer. 



In Acnte Nephritis. 

# Tinct. scillae 3 ij. 

Tinct. digitalis 3 iij. 

Tinct. ferri perchlor 3 ij. 

Decoct, scoparii ad f vj. 

Misce. A tablespoonful three times a day. 

Dr. Grainger Stewart, 

In Chronic Gastric Catarrh. 

]£ Bismuthi submit gr. x. 

Argent, nit gr. i — ij. 

Misce. To be given at once on an empty stomach 
before breakfast. Niemeyer, 



Fermentative Dyspepsia. 

Jji Bismuth beta-naphthol gr. iij. 

Salol gr. i. 

Creosoti , . .m. j. 

01. caryophylli m. j. 

M. Ft. tablet. 

Sig. — One after meals for chronic gastro-intestinal 
catarrh with distress and fullness after ea' ing. 



66 FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 

For Indigestion. 

If Pulv. rhei gr. i. 

Sodii bicarb gr. v. 

Pulv. ipecac gr. £ 

01. menth. pip m. £- 

M. Ft. tablet. 

Sig. — One or two after meals for indigestion with slug- 
gish liver and constipation. Roosevelt Hospital, 

This is one of the most generally useful of anti-dyspep- 
sia tablets, and is much more easily taken by most 
patients than the liquid preparations of rhubarb and soda. 



For Painful Indigestion. 

IJ Creosoti gr. i 

Cocainse hydrochloratis .... — gr. -fa 

Cerii oxalatis gr. ij. 

Pepsini pur gr. J 

Tr. nucis vomicae m. £ 

M. Ft. tablet. 

Sig. — One or two after meals for painful indigestion 
with or without flatulence. 

Antifermentative. 

IJ Sodii salicylatis , . gr. ij. 

Pulv. zingiberis gr. j. 

Carb. ligni « gr. ij. 

M. Ft. tablet. 

Sig. — One or two after meals for flatulent dyspepsia^ 
foul breathy water brash, or chronic diarrhea. 



FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 6j 

Colic. 

5 Spt. chloroform « , 

Tr. cardamom, co . . . aa 1 ij. 

M. Sig. — Teaspoonful every half hour until relieved. 

Bartholow. 



For Vomiting. 

3J Acid, carbol gr. iv. 

Bismuth, subnitrat 3 ij. 

Mucil. acacias 1 j. 

Aq. menth. pip § iij. 

M. Sig. — Tablespoonful every two to four hours. 

Bartholow. 

For Vomiting (Non-Inflammatory). 

^ Chloroformi § ss. 

Sig. — Two to five minims on sugar. Ringer. 



For Nausea or Vomiting. 

Tfc Bismuthi subnitraiis gr. iij. 

Cerii oxalatis > gr. iij. 

Cocainae hydrochloratis gr. ^ 

M. Make into tablet or powder. 
Sig. — One every half hour. 

For Haemoptysis, 

~fy Acid, gallici 3 ij. 

Acid, sulph. aromat 3 j. 

Glycerinae f j. 

Aq. destillat q. s. ad § vj. 

M. Sig. — Teaspoonful at dose; repeat frequently. 

Pepper. 



68 FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 

For Acute Diarrhea. 

ty Salol 3 iss 

Bismuthi subnitratis 3 vj. 

Mist, cretae f ij. 

Aq cinnamomi ad 1 iij. 

M. Sig — Teaspoonful every two hours following 
a cathartic. Dr. F. M. CrandalL 



For Dysentery. 

If Naphthalini 3 iss. 

Div. in capsules No. xviii. 

M. Sig. — Two capsules every three hours. 

Dr. L. E. Holt. 

Diuretic. 

^ Pulv. digitalis gr. j. 

Pulv. scillae gr. j. 

Potassii nitratis gr. ij. 

M. Ft. pill. 

Sig. — One every four to six hours. 

The original diuretic pill so highly commended by 
Fothergill as to bear his name contained a grain each of 
digitalis, squill, and calomel. Owing to the frequency 
with which it caused salivation, the above formula was 
devised. It is a most effective diuretic. Its action may 
be increased by beginning treatment with small repeated 
doses of calomel until the bowels have acted freely. The 
diuretic pills may then be continued indefinitely with 
occasional doses of calomel. 



FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 69 

Hemorrhoids. 

5 Acid, gallici gr. x. 

Ex. opii 

Ex. belladonnae aa gr. iv. 

Ungt. simplicis 3 iv. 

M. Sig. — Apply night and morning. Dr. Hare. 



Laxative for Hemorrhoids. 

* Potassii bitartratis gr. Us 

Pulv. jalapae gr. i^ 

Sulphuris. gr. f 

Conf ect. sennae gr. iix\ 

Potassii nitratis gr. f 

M. Ft. pill. Sig. — One or two at night. 



B a sham's Mixture. 

3J Tr. ferri chlor f 3 iij. 

Ac id. acetici dil f 3 iss. 

Syr. simp f 5SS. 

Liq. ammom. acetat q. s. ad f 5 iv. 

M. Sig. — Dessertspoonful every three or four hours. 

Basham. 
This is a most excellent tonic for Bright's disease. 



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FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. Jl 



III. 

DISEASES OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM. 



Neuralgia. 

3 Aconitiae gr. iv. 

Veratriae gr. xv. 

Glycerinae 3 ij. 

Cerati 3 vj. 

M. Sig. — To be rubbed over the parts; care should 
be taken to see that there is no abrasion of the skin. 

Dr. Da Costa. 

Among the many local applications in neuralgia, 
Prof. Da Costa has found this one the best adapted 
for general use. 



Idiopathic Epilepsy. 

5 Potassii iodidi 

Potassii bromidi aa 3 j. 

Ammon. bromidi 3 ss. 

Potassii bicarbonat. , 3 ij. 

Infus. coiumbae 3 vj. 

Sig. — A teaspoonful before each of the three meals 
and three tablespoonfuls at bed-time, with a little 
water. Brown- Sequard, M.D. 



72 FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 

When the patient's pulse is weak, substitute for the 
bicarbonate of potassium, in the above formula, the 
carbonate of ammonium, and for the six ounces of co- 
lumbo an ounce and a half of the tincture of that 
medicine with four ounces and a half of distilled 
water. 



Chorea. 

Ijt Zinci bromidi 3 j. 

Syr. simplicis § >. 

Sig. — Ten drops three times a day; increased as 
rapidly as the stomach can bear it. 

Dr. William A. Hammond. 
With the disappearance of the chronic symptoms 
the dose should be gradually diminished. 



Neuralgia. 

3 Zinci valerianat 3 j. 

Ext. gentianae ^ j. 

Ext. nucis vomicae gr. v. 

M. Ft. pill. No. xx. 

Sig. — One pill three or four times a day. 

Dr. Bartholow. 

In neuralgia due to reflex irritation from the female 
pelvic organs, this preparation of zinc is extremely 
beneficial. 



As a Hypnotic. 

$ Chloral hydratis gr. xv. 

Tinct. opii m. x. 

Mist, camph 5 j. 

M. Sig. — Every six hours. Fothergill. 



FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 73 

This is an admirable mixture to procure sleep for 
fever patients, without having it followed by the dis- 
agreeable effects so usual when opium is used in 
large doses to accomplish this purpose. 



In Epilepsy in Weak and Anaemic Subjects. 

$ Potass, bromidi § j. 

Ferri bromidi gr. iv. 

Aquae , . . | ij. 

Syr. simplicis § vj. 

M. Sig. — A tablespoonful twice a day. 

Bartholow. 
These cases are often dependent on cerebral anaemia 
alone, and are cured easily by using the above for- 
mula. 



For Sub- Acute Mania and the Monomania of Suspicion. 

3 Hyoscyamiae gr. j. 

Sp. aetheris , m. viij. 

Alcohol m. xxiv. 

Aquae fontis ad. § j. 

M. Take at a draught. Lawson. 

Dr. Robert Lawson, late of the West Riding Asy- 
lum, has recently made a large number of physiologi- 
cal and therapeutical observations on the actions and 
uses of the alkaloid of hyoscyamus. He has derived 
great benefit from the use of the above formula in re- 
current, acute, and, sub-acute mania and the mono- 
mania of suspicion, 



74 FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 

Cerebral Congestion. 

$ Sodii bromidi § j. 

Ergotae extract, fl § iv. 

M. Sig. — A tablespoonful three times a day. 

Dr. G. H. Naphey. 
This formula is held by Dr. Naphey to be of great 
value in active cerebral congestion of all kinds, espe- 
cially in the first or hyperaemic stage. 



Reflex Headache. 

I£ Potass, cyanid gr. x. — 3 j. 

Aquae lauro-cerasi | iv. 

Sig. — A compress moistened with the solution, to be 
applied to the seat of the pain. 

Dr. Trosseau. 
In reflex headache, whether gastric, cardiac, pulmo- 
nary, or menstrual, and the headache accompanying 
the pyretic state, from a quarter to a half hour contact 
with the skin of this solution usually effects a cure. 



Anti-Epileptic Mixture. 

"ft Sodii bromidi 

Potass, bromidi 

Ammon. bromidi aa 3 3 

Potass, iodidi 

Ammon. iodidi aa 3 i i 

Ammonii carbon 3 i 

Tinct. calumbae fl. § i% 

Aquae q. s. ad fl. § 8 

Mix. Full dose : one and a half-drachms before 
each meal, and three drachms at bedtime. 

Dr. Brown- Sequard. 



FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 75 

Hammond's Mixture. 

$ Quiniae sulph 

Ferri pyrophos aa 3 1 

Strychniae gr. 1 

Acidi phos. dil. (tribas.) fl. 32 

Syrupi zingiberis fl. § 2 

Aquae q. s. ad fl. § 4 

Mix. Dose: a teaspoonful. 



Anti-Epileptic Pill. 
Ninety -ninth Street Receptio?i Hospital, New York. 

$ Argenti nitrat gr. 10 

Zinci oxidi gr. 20 

Micae panis q. s. 

Mix. Divide into twenty pills. Dose : one pill 
thrice daily. 

Nervine Tonic. 

I£ Zinci valerianatis gr. xxiv. 

Confectionis rosae q. s. 

Ft. mass in pil. duodecim divid. Take as required. 

Farquharson. 

Delirium Mixture. 

5 Potass, bromid 34 

Tinct. valerian, amm fl. § 1 

Tinct. lupuline 

Tinct. digitalis aa fl. § -J 

Aquae q. s. ad fl. § 4 

Mix. Dose : a tablespoonful. To be used with 
care and effects to be watched. 



j6 FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 

Chorea. 

5 Zinci valerianat .3 ij. 

Cinchonise sulphat 3 j. 

M. Ft. pil. No. xx. Sig. — One pill thrice daily. 

Dr. Da Costa. 



Cannabis Mixture. 

Insane Asylum, BlackwelVs Island, N. Y. 

^ Tinct. cannabis ind m. io 

Spiritus menthae pip m. i 

Aquae q. s. ad fl. 3 i 

Mix. One dose. To be taken thrice daily after 

meals. 



Tincture of Phosphorus. 
Bellevue Hospital, New York. 

^ Phosphori « ..gr. 32 

Alcoholis absol fl. § 46 

Tinct. vanillas fl. f 1 

Ol. aurantii cort fl. 3 3 

Alcoholis absol. q. s. ad fl. § 48 

The phosphorus is digested with the absolute alco- 
hol, with the exclusion of air, until dissolved ; then 
the flavoring ingredients are added, and finally the 
bulk is made up with absolute alcohol to 48 fl.oz. 
12 fl. drachms contain 1 grain of phosphorus. 
30 minims contain ^V grain of phosphorus. 
Dose : 20-40 minims, corresponding to -^-yV % x - of 
phosphorus. 



FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 77 

Epileptic Belladonna Mixture. 

Insane Asylum, BlackwelVs Island, New York. 

$ Potass, bromidi gr. 25 

Tinct. belladonnae m. 5 

Aquae q. s. ad fl. 3 1 

Mix. One dose. To be taken thrice daily. 



Phosphorus Mixture. 

3 Phosphori gr. 1 

Alcoholis absoluti fl. g 5 

Glycerinae fl. § \\ 

Alcoholis fl. 3 2 

Spts. menthae pip fl. 3 1 

Dissolve the phosphorus in the absolute alcohol by 
the aid of a gentle heat; then add to it the glycerine, 
alcohol and spirits of peppermint, previously mixed 
and slightly warmed. 

One fl.oz. contains -fa gr. of phosphorus. 

Dr. J. Ashburton Thompson. 



Compound Syrup of the Hypophosphites. 

^ Calcii hypophosphitis gr. 256 

Sodii hypophosphitis gr. 192 

Potassii hypophosphitis gr. 128 

Ferri sulphatis gr. 185 

Acid hypophosphorosi (1.036) fl. 3 9 

Sacchari §12 

Aquae q. s. ad fl. § 18 

Mix. Dose : a teaspoonful, 



73 FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 

Sedative Mixture. 
Insane Asylum, BlackwelVs Island, New York. 

1$. Chloralis gr. 15 

Extr. conii sem. fl 

Extr. hyoscyami fl aa m. 15 

Aquae q. s. ad fl. 3 1 

Mix. One dose. To be taken thrice daily, after 
meals. 

Epileptic (Conium) Mixture. 
Insane Asylum, BlackwelVs Island, N. Y. 

^ Potass, bromidi 3 ■£ 

Ext. conii fl m. 15 

Aquae q. s. ad fl. 3 i 

Mix. One dose ; to be taken thrice daily. 

Gross's Neuralgic Pills. 

^ Quiniae sulphat 32 

Morphiae sulphat gr. 3 

Strychniae gr. 2 

Acidi arseniosi gr. 3 

Extr. aconiti gr. 30 

Mix. Divide into 60 pills. 

In Neuralgia. 

5- Tinct. cannabis indicae 3 j. 

Mucilag. acacias 1 j. 

Syr. zingiberis § ss. 

Aquae menth. piperitae ad. § vj. 

Ft. mistura et 

Sig. — Two- tablespoonfuls every four hours. 

Farquharson, 



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Brown-Sequard's Neuralgic Pills. 

3 Extract hyoscyami 

Extract conii aa gr. 40 

Extract ignat. amar 

Extract opii aa gr. 30 

Extract aconiti , gr. 20 

Extract cannab. ind gr. 15 

Extract stramonii gr. 12 

Extract belladonnae gr. 10 

Mix. Divide into 60 pills. 



Narcotic. 

3 Ext. belladonnae gr. iij. 

Camphorae gr. xij. 

Ext. hyoscyami gr. xv. 

M. Make six pills, of which take one when going 
to bed. Farquharson. 



Hypnotic. 

1$ Potass, bromid gr. xxx. 

Syrupi aurantii 3 j. 

Aquae aurantii flor § ij. 

To be taken at a draught at the time sleep is de- 
sired. Farquharson. 



Epileptic (Ergot) Mixture. 
Insane Asylum, BlackwelVs Island, N. Y. 

1$ Potass, bromidi 

Ammon. bromidi aa 3 -J 

Ext. ergotae fl m. 15 



8o FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 

Mix. One dose : to be taken thrice daily, in cases 
characterized by considerable maniacal excitement 
following the attack, indication of cerebral conges- 
tion, and especially where hemorrhage is feared. 

Dr. Chas. R. Smith. 



To Allay Craving for Drink in Dipsomaniacs. 

$ Tinct. capsici m. x. 

Tinct. nucis vomicae m. x. 

Acid. nit. dil m. xx. 

Aquae ad. § j. 

To be taken at a draught three times a day. 

Farquharson. 



Tonic in Neuralgia. 

3 Ammon. chlorid 3 ii. 

Ext. glycyrrhizae § ss. 

Syr. tolut § j. 

Aq. cinnamoni ad. § viij. 

Sig. — | j. every four hours. Dr. Farquharson. 



Epilepsy. 

The following prescription is a useful one for 
child about fourteen or fifteen years: 

^ Pot. bromid 1 ss. 

Ferri bromid gr. ij. 

Glycerini f iv. 

Aquae ad. J viij. 

Mix. A tablespoonful twice a day. E. Ellis. 



FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 8 1 

In Hysteria. 

3 Auro-sodii chloridi gr. v. 

Pulv. tragacanth . . 3 j. 

Sacchar. alb q. s. 

Misce, fiat pil. xl. 

One pill an hour after dinner and supper. After, 
two pills following these meals, and gradually in- 
crease to eight pills daily. Niemeyer. 



In Insomnia. 

r> Potass, bromid 3 vj. 

Aquae destil ^ v. 

Misce. Three teaspoonfuls before dinner, and four 
at bedtime, with a little wine and water. 

Dr. Brown-SSquard 

Idiopathic Epilepsy. 

3 Ext. ergot, fl J to i drachm. 

Ext. conii fl 5 drops. 

M. — Sig. Three times daily. 

Dr. E. C. Spitzka, New York. 

Infantile Convulsions. 

First give a purgative dose of calomel, and follow in a 
few hours by 

3 Chloral hydrat 4 grains. 

Potassii bromidi 8 grains. 

Aquae. 

Syrupi, of each 1 drachm. 

M. — Sig. Dose for a child two years old. 

Dr. A. Jacobin New York. 



82 FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 



HEADACHE. 



Treatment. — (i) Of Sick- headache. — Looking to the 
true cause of sick-headache as one which lies deep in 
the patient's idiosyncrasy, and as an affection which 
is developed by a hundred different sources of excite- 
ment, the advice to sufferers is to give as much tone 
as they can to their nerves by adopting all those 
methods which experience has shown to be good, and 
then avoid, as far as is practicable, all those causes 
which are known to excite an attack. Purgation has 
no good result. The only remedies which are of any 
avail are those which act on the nervous system, such 
as hot tea and coffee; or, after the stomach is quieter, 
and the more urgent symptoms have passed off, a 
little wine or ammonia. If the headache take more 
the form of hemicrania, then other remedies are oc- 
casionally useful, as the local application of the bi- 
sulphide of carbon, or galvanism, and internally the 
bromide of potassium. This is the only drug which 
Dr. Wilks has really seen to be serviceable. Whilst 
the nausea exists and the worst symptoms prevail, 
even this remedy is of no avail. As regards tea and 
coffee, which often relieve, it is possible that these and 
other stimulants, taken in excess, render the nervous 
system more susceptible to the attacks. 

la the treatment of the paroxysm nothing is so ef- 



FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 8$ 

ficacious as complete rest in the recumbent posture, 
with warmth, in a perfectly quiet and darkened room. 
A cup of very strong tea or coffee has also given re- 
lief. A comparatively new drug — guarana — has also 
been recommended. A full dose of brandy, or of am- 
monia, has also sometimes dispelled the headache; so 
has continued'sipping of a solution of carbonate of pot- 
ash or of soda. Pressure upon the carotid artery of the 
affected side sometimes also relieves the pain, but for 
a time only. Evaporating lotions, belladonna, or 
aconite ointment may also ward off or subdue the 
headache; but, as a rule, time is the most efficient 
element, with warmth to the feet and to the body, and 
the induction of sleep. 

Adopting the theory of Dr. Latham, what are the 
indications for treatment with which it supplies us — 
(a.) During the stage of disturbed sensation; (b.) dur- 
ing the stage of headache; and (e.) during the inter- 
vals between the attacks ? The following are the re- 
sults of his experience: 

(a.) During the Stage of Disturbed Sensation. — It is 
found that the longer this stage lasts, the greater will 
be the headache; and therefore it is desirable to short- 
en it as much as possible. If the condition depend 
upon deficient supply of blood to a part, such means 
must be adopted as shall assist and increase the flow 
of blood to the part; and this can be done in some 
measure by posture and stimulants. Directly the 
glimmering appears, the patient should lie down with 
the head as low as possible, and if the glimmering be 
on the right or left of the field of vision, he should 
lie on the opposite side. Let him take at once one 



84 FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 

ounce of brandy, either " neat" or in half a bottle of 
soda-water. Champagne would be preferable, being 
more diffusible; but its administration would often in- 
volve a little delay. If alcoholic stimulants be objected 
to, or if it be not advisable to recommend them, then 
a teaspoonful of sal-volatile in water may be pre- 
scribed instead. If the patient be chilly or his feet 
cold, the couch should be drawn before the fire, a hot 
bottle applied to the feet, and his body covered over 
with a warm blanket or eider-down quilt. By these 
means the heart is enabled to drive the blood with 
greater force to the brain, and the duration of the vi- 
bratory movement is thereby materially lessened. 
After it has passed off, the patient should lie still for 
a time, so that the glimmering may not return. This 
injunction will only be necessary when the headache 
is slight; if it be severe, attended with much nausea 
or vomiting, the patient will be little disposed or able 
to leave the recumbent position. If, instead of the 
disturbance of vision preceding the headache, there 
be a feeling depression or irritability (fidgets), the 
administration of such cerebro-spinal stimulants as 
henbane, valerian, assafcetida, spirits of chloroform, 
or ether, will often cut short the attack; ten or fifteen 
drops of the tincture of henbane, with the same quan- 
tity of spirit of chloroform, will soothe the nervous ir- 
ritability in the slighter forms, and may be repeated 
in three or four hours, if necessary. If there be great 
mental depression, then valerian or assafcetida should 
be tried. Stille says, — " Nothing is more astonishing in 
the operation of remedies than the promptness and 
certainty with which a dose of valerian or assafcetida 



FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 85 

dispels the gloomy visions of the hypochondriac, 
calms the hurry and agitation of nervous excitement, 
allays commencing spasms, and diffuses a soothing 
calm over the whole being of one who but an hour 
before was a prey to a thousand morbid sensations 
and thick-coming fancies of danger, wrong, or loss." 
Dr. Latham gives the preference to valerian, and pre- 
scribes from half a drachm to a drachm of the ammo- 
niated tincture. Or it may be combined, as in the 
following formula, with bromide of soda; ammoniated 
tincture of valerian f iv. with 3 vi. bromide of so- 
dium, in teaspoonful doses every hour. The assafcet- 
ida may be given in the form of the spiritus ammo- 
niae fcetidus of the Pharmacopoeia, also in half drachm 
or drachm doses. As a rule, alcoholic stimulants are 
not advisable in this stage of the headache. A small 
quantity will cause flushing, heaviness, slight confu- 
sion of thought, etc., without relieving the depression; 
and though the severe headache may be averted, alco- 
holic stimulants do not answer so well as the remedies 
previously mentioned. 

(b.) During the Stage of Headache. — If the headache 
be slight and the patient soon able to sit up, there is 
little to be done; a cup of coffee or tea, cheerful con- 
versation, a walk, drive, or ride, may often help to re- 
move the pain. If, however, the headache, and nausea 
be severe, then the administration of further remedies 
is called for. The patient should keep perfectly still 
and quiet, with the room darkened; for every sound 
or sight causes pain, and the slightest movement is 
sufficient to produce gastric uneasiness. Sometimes 
free evacuation of the contents of the stomach, espe- 



86 FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 

daily if it contain undigested food, is followed by re- 
lief. Dr. Fothergill says, — "An emetic and some 
warm water soon wash off the offending matter, and 
remove these disorders," which may be very well 
where there is any offending matter to wash off, but it 
is not very often that this is the case; the nausea fre- 
quently continues long after the contents of the stom- 
ach have been discharged; an inverted action of the 
duodenum is set up; the bile appears in the fluids ex- 
creted; the patient believes that all his troubles are 
due to "its overflow;'' " it's all liver," he says, and it 
is sometimes difficult to persuade him to the contrary. 
Generally, then, you should try to relieve and check 
the vomiting. Iced soda-water, with or without two 
or three drops of dilute hydrocyanic acid, or spirit 
of chloroform; cold tea; the effervescing citrate of 
potash, with hydrocyanic acid, may often afford 
marked relief. The headache may be lessened by ap- 
plying cloths dipped in cold water, or evaporating lo- 
tions, to the head; if the extremities be cold and the 
headache severe, a warm stimulating foot-bath can be 
tried so soon as the nausea will allow the patient to 
sit up. If the attacks occur in the early part of the 
day, as soon as the pain has subsided it is generally 
better for the patient to sit up, or move about, or take 
exercise in the open air. During the attack the appe- 
tite is diminished, the idea even of food provoking 
disgust. Still, after the nausea has passed away and 
the headache has continued a few hours, a plate of 
hot soup or some easily digested food will often have 
a good effect in equalizing the cerebral circulation. A 
remedy which may very often be given with advan- 



FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 87 

tage if the headache be severe, is bromide of potas- 
sium, in doses of five, ten, or fifteen grains, to which 
thirty or forty minims of sal-volatile may, in some 
cases, be added with advantage; and if the nausea 
still continue, these may be given in combination with 
the effervescing citrate of potash. A saline purgative 
at the commencement of an attack is sometimes an 
effectual remedy; but, as a rule, the use of purgatives 
is objectionable. So far, these measures are only 
palliative. 

(c.) During the Intervals between the Attacks. — First 
of all, the exciting cause is to be discovered and re- 
moved. Hours of study or work must be abridged, 
excessive bodily fatigue, loss of rest, everything, in 
fact, must be avoided which the sufferers know from 
individual experience will act as exciting causes. 
Where the attacks are associated with excessive men- 
tal work, they should be regarded as danger-signals, 
showing necessity for relaxation. The tone of the 
bodily and nervous systems must be improved by 
proper medicinal and hygienic means; and the chief 
remedies are steel, strychnine, phosphorus, and cod- 
liver oil. The success, however, following these reme- 
dies depends a great deal upon the way in which they 
are administered. For a day or two after the attack 
the stomach and bowels may possibly be disordered, 
and not in a fit state to tolerate such remedies. This 
must first be corrected. The simple vegetable bitters, 
such as gentian, with small doses of henbane and 
some aromatic, may be of service; and, if necessary, 
one or two grains of blue pill, with four or five of com- 
pound rhubarb pill, may be given at night. We may 



88 FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 

then try steel. In anaemic cases it may be advisable 
to stimulate the action of the heart, as by the follow- 
ing: 

$. Ammoniae muriatis, § ss., Tinct. acteae racemo- 
sae, aquae, a a § iii. Two fluid drachms for a dose 
after meals in a wineglass of water. 

If there be despondency with depression of spirits, 
phosphorus to the extent of y^- to -^ of a grain, com- 
bined with nux vomica or carbonate of iron, or both 
taken with each meal, will improve the tone of the 
patient. If the attacks have been frequent, or if there 
be any scrofulous tendency, the iodide of iron may be 
given in the following form : 

I£. Ferri et ammon. citrat., gr. v.; potassii iodidi, 
gr. ij.; aquae, ^ j.; and, according to circumstances, fif- 
teen to twenty minims of tincture of henbane or 
twenty or thirty minims of aromatic spirit of ammonia 
may be added. 

If the stomach be at all irritable, this medicine may 
be given in the effervescing form, adding to each 
dose twenty grains of bicarbonate of potash, and di- 
recting it to be taken with a tablespoonful of lemon- 
juice, or a corresponding amount of citric acid: the 
dose to be taken twice a day, about eleven and four. 
The effervescing form may soon be left off, and 
then to each dose may be added five minims of liquor 
of strychniae (omitting the henbane and sal-volatile, 
and continuing the iodide of potassium according as 
it seems to be indicated or not). In other cases, the 
citrate of iron and ammonia with strychnine may be 
given at the beginning, sometimes combined with in- 
fusion of calumba. The iron is indicated by the 



FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 89 

greater or less anaemia of the patient; but the strych- 
nine is a very important remedial agent in the dis- 
order. In small doses it acts as a simple tonic, in- 
creasing the appetite and improving the digestion ; it 
dilates the vessels and, thus increasing the supply of 
blood, it augments the activity of the spinal cord 
(Harley). It promotes the capillary circulation, and 
therefore its use is advisable for persons troubled with 
cold hands and feet (Anstie); and if it fulfil these con- 
ditions, it is clearly indicated in this disorder. Cod- 
liver oil also often acts very beneficially. " It has 
been found by experiment that great exertion and 
prolonged labor can be endured without fatigue when 
starchy and fatty foods are alone eaten; .... and 
there is reason to think that cod-liver oil is more 
easily absorbed than other similar substances" 
(Ringer). " It improves the digestive process, in- 
creases the proportion of red corpuscles in the blood, 
and invigorates the whole nutritive function" (Wood); 
and it particularly sustains the energy of the brain 
during prolonged mental exertion. A gentleman in 
the foremost rank at the bar told Dr. Latham that 
whenever he was engaged in a jury-trial which was 
likely to tax his energies to a greater degree than 
usual, the thing which best sustained him was a good 
dose of cod-liver oil taken in the morning before 
going into court ; and others engaged in mental work 
have confirmed this view. Besides its other proper- 
ties cod-liver oil is a nutrient and tonic in its action 
on the cerebro-spinal nervous system. As a remedy 
for these nervous headaches, Dr. Latham prescribes it 
once a day, beginning with a small teaspoonful imme- 



90 FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 

diately after breakfast, and gradually increasing the 
quantity to a tablespoonful, but not beyond, unless in 
exceptional cases. 

The action of the bowels must be regulated, but not 
by strong purgatives. Five grains of the Socotrine 
aloes pill, given at night, are generally sufficient. If 
the bowels be habitually constipated, then no remedy 
seems to answer so well as the aloes and iron pill. 
Five grains given twice a day, half an hour before 
meals, will act freely; and in a few days the dose will 
have to be diminished, for its effeet is augmented in- 
stead of being lessened by continual administration, 
especially when strychnine is given at the same time. 
The natural waters of Friedrichshall or Marienbad 
may, in many instances, be of service, given as laxa- 
tives. 

In 1872 Dr. Samuel Wilks, Physician to Guy's Hos- 
pital, directed the attention of the profession to gua- 
rana as a remedy for sick-headache, and at the same 
time asked for the experience of those who already 
had some acquaintance with the drug. His own 
knowledge of it dated about 1870, when, after the ap- 
pearance of a lecture of his upon sick-headache, he 
received a letter from Mr. Helmcken, of British Co- 
lumbia, in closing two powders, which he recommended 
with much confidence as able to cure the complaint. 
" Upon my first headache after the receipt of Mr. 
Helmcken's letter, I took the powder, but with only 
doubtful effect. I therefore did no more than casu- 
ally mention the medicine t*o my friends, but did not 
recommend it. A few weeks ago, after the appear- 
ance of a second communication of mine in the jour- 



FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 9T 

nal upon the same complaint, I received a letter from 
Dr. Wood, of Montreal, in which he also recommended 
guarana as a remedy for headache, and gave a history 
of his own personal sufferings and the relief which he 
obtained. He says, ' By taking one of these powders 
and remaining quiet when I have felt premonitory 
symptoms by a beginning of pain always in the right 
temple (headache on the other side, or in any other 
part of the head, I never mind), I have carried off the 
attack ; and, with the first box, absolutely put it off 
for two months — something which had never occurred 
in my life before.' Upon so good authority, I deter- 
mined to try the remedy in a more systematic man- 
ner, and requested my neighbor, Mr. Hooper, the 
chemist, to procure me a packet of the powders. 
These I have recommended to several patients and 
friends ; and the result is so encouraging, that I have 
hastened to suggest their trial to my professional 
brethren. One lady speaks most enthusiastically of 
their power, as she has now, on two separate occa- 
sions, had her headache arrested by their use. The 
drug has long been known, for mention is made of it 
in English and French pharmacologies, but appears 
never to have come into general use. It consists of 
the seeds of a tree growing in Brazil, called Paullinia 
sorbilis; and these, according to Johnstone, in his 
" Chemistry of Common Life," are used as we do 
cocoa. The seeds are ground into powder, and con- 
tain an alkaloid which is said to be identical with that 
found in tea and coffee. The medicine is manufact- 
ured by Grimault & Co., No. 7 Rue de la Feuillade, 
Paris" (Wilks, Brit. Med. Journ., April 20, 1872). 



92 FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 

The general outcome of experience regarding the 
treatment of sick-headache seems to be that — 

(i.) Bromide of potassium, Indian hemp, Guarana 
or Paullinia powder, are remedies which have afforded 
relief. With reference to bromide of potassium, it is 
so valuable a medicine in many cases of sick-headache 
that it can scarcely be superseded by a better remedy. 
The patient may have a splitting headache, fatigued 
and worried after a hard day's work. After fifteen or 
twenty grains of bromide of potassium, he presently 
goes off to sleep in his easy chair, and wakes in an 
hour well (Wilks). It is a medicine which Dr. Wilks 
always employs first, having seen such eminent advan- 
tages follow its use. " I have known (he writes) many 
patients declare, that the bromide was the first medi- 
cine they had taken in their lives which had the slight- 
est effect in relieving their headache." As to Canna- 
bis Indica, it seems best adapted to the interval 
between the attacks, in doses of a few drops of the 
tincture, when headaches are recurrent. It is best 
given in ten-minim doses, three times a day, continued 
for weeks or months (Wilks, John Murray). As to 
guarana powder, it seems most of all useful with 
females in arresting headache, so that it must be taken 
early when the headache is approaching ; and if head- 
ache is not arrested, a second dose should be taken in 
fifteen, twenty, or thirty minutes after the first. If 
the medicine is of use, the headache will have gone in 
about an hour. The dose is 15 grains of the powder; 
and as it is somewhat astringent, it might be combined 
as an electuary with some laxative, such as the senna 
electuary (Hollis). 



FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 93 

(2.) Certain classes of cases ought to be distin- 
guished from each other. There are two principal 
types : the congestive, met with in dark or plethoric 
people, in those with constipated bowels and sup- 
pressed secretions, and those addicted to alcoholic 
beverages, or leading a monotonous sedentary life ; 
and that arising from exhaustion, whether from want 
of sleep or want of food, or great bodily or mental 
fatigue, strong emotions, etc., — this may be nervous, or 
asthenic, or anaemic in many cases. This latter form 
is very common in slight, delicate, and tuberculous 
females, and sometimes in the male sex. The treat- 
ment of these two forms must, of course, differ widely. 
An emetic or a purge in the one case will do what 
only rest, food, stimulants, and such medicines as qui- 
nine, iron, opium, hyoscyamus and belladonna may 
afford in the other case (Dr. Bathurst Woodman). 
Rest and quiet, especially sleep, and abstinence from 
food, give relief and cure by a natural process of 
restoration. Generally, no relief is obtained till after 
a night of sound sleep — i. e., " one night through the 
sheets" — awakening next morning free from pain, but 
generally more or less depressed. If depression con- 
tinue, phosphorus with nux vomica in the form of 
sugar-coated or pearl-coated pills may be given to the 
extent of one fiftieth of a grain of phosphorus and one 
eighth of a grain of extract of nux vomica three times 
a day with food. Such despondency and depression 
are apt to occur in those who are over-worked men- 
tally; or who are harassed by business ; or who suf- 
fer great mental anxiety. If there be sleeplessness, 
the following pill may be of use : 



94 FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 

3 Camphorse pulveris, gr. xx.; Ext. Cannabis In- 
dica, gr. xii.; Ext. Hyoscyam., gr. xxiv.; misce bene. 
Divide in pill xii. signa, one at night, to be repeated 
in two hours, if necessary, to procure sleep. 

As to local application, a large sinapism over the 
stomach, followed by a warm linseed meal poultice, 
lias sometimes been of service. If pressure relieves, 
the head may be bound round with a handkerchief. 
When the head throbs and is hot, instinct seems to 
suggest cold and pressure to the part; and one of the 
best external appliances on which we can rely to pro- 
cure relief is the wet bandage tied tightly round the 
head. The method must be instinctive, for it is uni- 
versal, and has been used from all time. Shakespeare 
is £)ften quoted to illustrate the morbid states of the 
body as well as the passions of the mind, and he also 
testifies to this ancient practice. For example, in the 
scene between Hubert and Arthur in " King John," 
the latter, when petitioning for the preservation of his 
eyes, says: 

" When your head did but ache 
I knit my handkerchief about your brows." 

And in Othello we have not only the remedy for 
headache given, but the cause. The former was the 
handkerchief about which the chief interest of the 
play centred. 

" Desdemona, Why do you speak so faintly ? 
Are you not well ? 

Othello, I have a pain upon my forehead here. 

Desdemona, Faith, that's with watching: 'twill away again- 
Let me but bind it hard, within this hour 
It will be well." 



FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 95 

Sick-headache is not to be cured by gastro-hepatic 
remedies. It is a purely nervous affection, due to 
hereditary predisposition, and excited by causes in- 
numerable which act on a susceptible nervous system. 
There is, then, no cure in the proper sense of the 
term, for this would imply a change in the patient's 
nature; and for the attacks themselves, when severe, 
the only relief which can be reckoned upon is to be 
found in a wet bandage round the head, profound 
quiet, and, if possible, sleep (Dr. Bathurst Woodman). 

Considerable relief may be obtained from the use 
of cold applications, in the form of wet rags, ice in a 
bladder, or a little of the ether-spray; but in not a 
few cases, after all, the best treatment during the at- 
tack is absolute rest and quiet, in a dark room, with 
warmth to feet and body, total abstinence, except per- 
haps from fluids (hot and alkaline) in small quanti- 
ties at a time; to go to bed at once, and refrain from 
the use of any remedies. 

In a lecture on the therapeutics of headache, de- 
livered at Bellevue Hospital Medical College, Dr. A. 
A. Smith suggests certain combinations of remedies 
which he has found of service in certain forms of head- 
ache: (i.) Malarial headache, where the pain is most 
frequently located in the sub-occipital or frontal re- 
gions, or on either side, — hemicrania. If distinctly 
periodical, give ten or fifteen grains of quinine two or 
three hours before the expected attack. It may be 
necessary to push the quinine in divided doses until 
cinchonism is produced, and kept up for several days. 
Then gradually diminish the dose. If the pain still 
continues to recur, resort to arsenic and belladonna, 



96 favorite prescriptions. 

five-drop doses each of Fowler's solution and bella- 
donna tincture, after meals, increasing the Fowler's 
one drop each day, until oedema arsenicalis is pro- 
duced. This will seldom fail to give relief. 

(2.) In Headache dependent on Gout: 

^ Vini colchici seminum, 3iij.; Lithii bromidi, 
§ ss.; Syr. zingiberis, |ss.; Aq. cinnamonii, q. s. ad. 
1 vj.; M. Sig. 1 ss. in a tumbler of Vichy water every 
four hours. 

(3.) Rheumatic Headache is characterized usually 
by tenderness of the scalp, which is increased on pres- 
sure or motion. Use the mild Faradic current on the 
scalp, and internally the following: 

3 Potassii iodidi; Ammoniae muriatis, aa 3jss.; 
In'fusi humuli, § vj.; M. Sig. % ss. four times a day in 
a wineglass of water. 

In cases which have not yielded to the above treat- 
ment, bromide oi ammonium in twenty-grain doses 
every two hours may be effectual. 

(4.) Uraemic headache is of great importance as a 
symptom of serious disease. The pain in the head 
may be the first evidence that there exists renal dis- 
ease, and that we have to deal with urasmic headache. 
The judicious plan of treatment in such cases is to 
call into action one or all of the three great emunc- 
tories of the body, the kidneys, the intestines, and the 
skin. To make the kidneys act, apply dry cups over 
the region of them, and give internally the follow- 
ing: 

$ Potassae acetatis, 3vj.; Infusi digitalis, §vj.; 
M. Sig. § ss - every third hour. 

The infusion should be made from fresh English 



FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 97 

leaves. Give this until the kidneys act freely, if you 
can make them do it within twenty-four hours. If 
the kidneys do not act freely, and the headache be not 
relieved within twenty-four hours, give a saline ca- 
thartic. A treatment almost domestic, and often very 
effectual, is to put an ounce of cream of tartar in a 
quart of water, and have the patient drink this in eight 
or ten hours. It acts both as a diuretic and cathartic. 
Do not use hydrogogue cathartics unless convulsions 
be threatened. Some prefer elimination by the skin. 
This can be done by diaphoretics and the hot, moist, 
or dry air baths. Diuretics, cathartics, and diaphoret- 
ics are only to be used where there is deficient quan- 
tity of urinary secretion. There are other causes of 
headache in Bright's disease which occur independent- 
ly of the presence of an abnormal amount of urea in 
the blood, and which yet are dependent on the results 
of the kidney disease. These causes may be anaemia, 
neuralgia, oedema of the brain itself, serous effusion 
into the ventricles; and, in acute Bright's disease, 
cerebral congestion. Under the last condition, if the 
headache be very severe and convulsions threaten, 
blood may be taken if the patient's condition will ad- 
mit of it, from twelve to twenty ounces, if necessary to 
relieve distressing symptoms. The best way to take 
it is by means of wet cups over the region of the kid- 
neys. If the headache be dependent on serous effu- 
sion into the ventricles, or on cerebral oedema, im- 
prove the vitiated condition of the blood, and stimu- 
late the heart and kidneys by acetate of potash an'd 
infusion of digitalis. There is apt to be general ana- 
sarca with this effusion and oedema. 



98 FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 

(5.) The Headache of Acute Alcoholism, or inebrie- 
ty. The first indication is to remove the alcohol 
from the intestinal canal. For this, give of rhubarb 
and magnesia calcined each a half drachm, and then 
the following: 

^ Spiritus ammoniae aromat., 3 ij. ; Tincture 
camph., 3jss.; Tincture hyoscyami, 3ijss.; Spiritus 
lavandulae comp., q. s. ad § ij.; M. Sig. 3 j. every 
hour unt^l the headache is relieved, and then give cap- 
sicum gr. ij. and quinine gr. iij. before each meal for 
several days. If there be sleeplessness give ^ Sodii 
bromidi, § ss.; Chloral, hydrat., 3 ijss. ; Syrupi au- 
rantii cort., Iss.; Aquae, § iijss. M. Sig. § ss. at 
night; repeat in two hours if necessary to produce 
sleep. 

(6.) Dyspeptic Headache. — If there be indigestible 
food in the stomach, and it have been there some 
time, give an emetic, as mustard and warm water, or 
sulphate of zinc, gr. xv. If there is evidence of indi- 
gestible food in the alimentary canal beyond the 
stomach, give gr. xx. of rhubarb and magnesia each, 
to remove it from the bowels. If the headache be 
frontal, and the pain be located immediately over the 
eyes, give dilute nitro-muriatic acid in ten-drop doses, 
well diluted after meals. If the pain be located about 
the roots of the hair, give an alkali before meals, as 
gr. xv. of bicarbonate of soda or magnesia. The dys- 
peptic headache oftentimes is not confined to these 
regions, but spreads over the entire head. In such 
cases combine an acid with an alkali, and add to 
these nux vomica, as in the following prescription: 

3. Sodae bicarbonatis, 3 ijss.; Acidi nitro-mur. di- 



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luti., 3 ij.; Tinct. nucis vomicae, 3 jss.; Syr. aurant. cort., 
3vj.; Aquae, q. s. ad§vj. M. Sig. 5 ss « after meals 
in a wineglass of water. 

If there be gastric pain, a mild counter-irritant, as 
a mustard plaster to the epigastrium, will often relieve 
the pain in the head as well as the pain in the stomach. 
If flatulence be a troublesome symptom, give the fol- 
lowing: 

3« Bismuthi subcarbonatis, 3 ijss. ; Tinct. nucis 
vomicae, 3 jss.; Tinct. cardamomi comp.; Spiritus lav- 
andulae comp. aa q. s. ad 3 iv. M. Sig. 3 ij. before 
meals in a wineglass of water. 

If there be constipation, the following pill may be 
given, in the morning: 

3. Aloes pulv., 3 ss.; Ext. nucis vomicae, gr. v.; Ext. 
belladonnae, gr. iv.; M. Div. in pilul. xv. 

In some forms of headache associated with stomach 
indigestion, small doses, often repeated, of tincture of 
nux vomica may be effectual. A single drop every 
fifteen minutes and continue this two or three hours 
if necessary. In other cases, where the headache 
comes on soon after a meal, and seems to depend on 
delayed stomach digestion, large doses of pepsin are 
effectual. Give a half drachm of saccharated pepsin 
in a wineglass of sherry wine, three times a day, and 
let it be taken during meals. 

(7.) Congestive Headache. — Cerebral congestion as a 
cause of headache may be divided into two varieties, 
active and passive. These demand almost directly 
opposite plans of treatment. In the active variety the 
patient should be kept in a darkened room, perfectly 
quiet, and have cold and evaporating lotions applied 

LofC. 



IOO FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 

to the head. A saline cathartic may be given; and 
the following prescription: 

$. Sodii bromidi, 3 ijss. ; Fl. ext. ergot., 3 ijss.; Syr. 
zingib., f ss.; Aq. aurant. flor. q. s. ad § iv. M. Sig. 
f ss. every two hours. 

If the skin be hot and dry, and the pulse full and 
rapid, give two drops of Fleming's tincture of aconite 
root every two hours, until the heart's action is sensi- 
bly diminished. Sometimes also a hot mustard foot- 
bath will give relief. The passive congestive variety 
demands a different mode of treatment. It is often 
found associated with cardiac disease, and most fre- 
quently where there is predominant dilatation. Hy- 
pertrophy gives rise to the active variety. Improve 
the condition of the blood by the use of iron, quinine, 
bitter tonics, alcoholic stimulants, good food, and stim- 
ulate the heart's action by the use of the following: 

$. Tinct. digitalis, 3 iij.; Spirit, amm. aromat., 3 vj.; 
Spirit, lavandulae comp.; Syr. simp. aaq. s. ad § iij. 
M. Sig. 3 j. every four hours. 

(8.) Ancemic Headache. — Cerebral anaemia produces 
a headache which is often mistaken for the passive 
cerebral congestive form. It is associated with gen- 
eral anaemia, nervous exhaustion, and may occur in 
heart disease, in consequence of enfeebled heart 
power, such as is met with in enlargement with dila- 
tation, fatty degeneration, and myocarditis. Improve 
the general condition of the patient, and stimulate the 
heart's action as recommended in the passive cerebral 
congestive variety. Nitrite of amyl will relieve the 
immediate headache. Let the patient inhale three to 
five drops of it on a piece of cotton, placed within one 



FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. IOI 

nostril, while the other is held closed. When associ- 
ated with nervous exhaustion, employ the following 
remedies: 

$. Strych. sulph. gr., ss.; Tinct. ferri chloridi, 3 ij.; 
Glycerinae § ss.; Infusi gentian., q. s. ad § vj. M. Sig. 
f ss. after meals, in a wineglass of water. 

Alcoholic stimulants are beneficial in headache de- 
pendent on cerebral anaemia. Champagne as a rem- 
edy, and not as a beverage, may be given to those 
who suffer from nervous exhaustion; or a tablespoon- 
ful of brandy, diluted with water, after each meal. 

(9.) Cerebral Tumors give rise to headache, often 
severe. In all such cases, give iodide of potassium; 
for it cannot be safely said that in any given case the 
tumor does not depend on syphilis, and by adminis- 
tering the remedy the patient gets the benefit of the 
doubt. 

There is reason to believe, too, that patients with 
cerebral tumors, dependent on other and unknown 
causes, are benefited by the use of iodide of potassium. 
If there be much sleeplessness, use the bromide and 
chloral mixture. Ergot has also been used. It is 
usually given in large doses, beginning with 3 i. of the 
fluid extract three times a day, and gradually in- 
creasing the dose to half an ounce. W. Aitken. 



But little can be added to this admirable article as re- 
gards the preventive and curative treatment of headaches. 
Since it was written, however, there have been intro- 
duced several drugs effective in affording temporary re- 
lief. There is, it must be said, a strong tendency at the 
present day to rely too much upon these palliative meas- 
ures to the neglect of the more permanent treatment ad- 



102 FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 

vocated by Aitken. However, several of these are very 
valuable aids in the treatment of some of the most stub- 
born and discouraging conditions the practitioner is 
obliged to meet. 

Antipyrin was the first of these drugs to come into 
general notice. It is an efficient remedy in migraine and 
other forms of headache, but owing to uncertainty of 
action and a tendency to depress the heart and cause 
urticaria it is not now extensively used. In the hands of 
the laity, it has undoubtedly caused much harm. The 
following is a very effective prescription for migraine: 

I£ Caffeinse citrat gr. xl. 

Sodii bromid 3 iv. 

Antipyrin 3 ij. 

M. Div. in chart. No. xx. 

Sig. — One powder in water as needed. Hare. 



Acetanilid has stood the test of ten or twelve years and 
its place in therapeutics is well established. Bartholow 
sums up the experience of most practitioners in the state- 
ment that its special field of utility is the relief of inflam- 
matory conditions of the nerves. In neuritis he has found 
it so effective that it has seemed to have specific action. 
The pains of neuralgia, myalgia, etc., due to inflamma- 
tion of the nerves, are as a rule soon relieved by doses 
not exceeding three to five grains three or four times a 
day. It is one of the few drugs which have any con- 
trolling influence on the pains of locomotor ataxia. In 
migraine it is particularly effective, as well as in the neu- 
ralgias of malaria. An effective and popular combination 



FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. ioj 

is known as "migraine tablets," consisting of acetanilid, 
camphor monobrom., and caffeine. This combination is 
made up in numerous strengths, one of the most gener- 
ally useful being the following, known as Migraine No. i : 

IJ Acetanilid gr. ij. 

Camph. monobrom gr. ss. 

Caffeine citrat gr. ss. 

M. Ft. tablet. 

Sig. — One, repeated every hour for four or five doses 
for migraine, neuralgia, and sick headache* 

Phenacetin is used in most of the conditions described 
under acetanilid. The dose is a little larger than that 
usually given of acetanilid; ten grains is equal to fifteen 
grains of antipyrin. It is believed by many to be more 
effective in relieving pain than acetanilid and to be less 
depressing. While this is doubtful, it certainly does not 
cause cyanosis so readily; its great expense is perhaps 
the chief reason for its being less used than acetanilid. 

Lactophenin is effective in some forms of rheumatic 
headaches, but for most forms of headache is less effec- 
tive than the preceding three drugs. 



For Locomotor Ataxia. 

IJ Antipyrin § j. 

Syr. zingiber § j. 

Aquae .ad % iv. 

M. Sig. — A teaspoonful every one to four hours for 
three to six doses for the lightening pains. 

Germain S/e. 



104 FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 

Nervine Tablets. 

3J Pulv. camph gr. j. 

Ext. hyoscyomi 

Ext. Valerianae aa gr. ss. 

M. Ft. tablet (chocolate-coated). 
Sig. — One every half hour for three doses, then every 
two hours 

An efficient combination for the treatment of neuras- 
thenia, hysteria, insomnia, and headache, particularly when 
associated with uterine or ovarian disease. It is also 
efficacious in ovarian neuralgia. Some practitioners add 
one- half grain of sumbul to each tablet. 



For Hysteria. 

IJ Ext. sumbul 

Ferri sulphat. exsic aa gr. xx. 

Pulv. asaf cetidae gr. xl. 

Acid, arsenosi gr. ss. 

M. Ft. pilulae No. xx. 

Sig. — One or two pills thrice daily. Goodell. 

This is particularly efficacious for hysterical, anaemic 
women, suffering from ovarian and uterine disease. 



For Acute Mania. 

^ Paraldehyde f § ss. 

Sig. — Thirty to fifty minims in water by the rectum. 

Ringer, 



FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 105 

For Epilepsy. 

IJ Potassi bromidi o J- 

Sodii bromid % ss. 

Ammonii bromid 3 ij. 

Syrup f 5 ij. 

Aq. Gaultheriae q. s. ad f 5 vj. 

Sig. — A teaspoonful three times a day for a child of 
seven years. Rex. 

Insomnia. 
T$ Sulphonal gr. xxx. 

Syrupi 5 ij. 

Mucilag. acaciae . 3 ij. 

Aquae q. s. ad § j. 

M. Sig. — Half to all of this at one dose, as may be 
required. Hare. 

OR 

T£ Trional gr. xv.-xx. 

Sig. — For one dose at bed-time. 

Trional acts much more promptly than sulphonal, and 
usually causes less drowsiness during the following day. 
It is especially indicated in case of extreme nervousness. 
It has little or no power to relieve pain. 



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rv. 
DISEASES OF WOMEN. 



Sleeplessness in Uterine Disorders. 

When patients complain of nervousness or of sleep- 
lessness, the potassic bromide must be given, either 
alone or in combination with other remedies. A cheap 
mixture, much thought of by our patients at the Uni- 
versity clinic, is the following: 

3 Pulv. ferri sulphat. exsiccat gr. xxx. 

Potassi bromidi ) 

v 2L3. < 1 

Rad. calumbae contus ) ~> J ' 

Aquae bullientis Oj. 

Steep for twenty-four hours and then strain. 

Sig. — One tablespoonful in a wineglassful of water 
just before or after each meal. 

I cannot say much for the palatableness of this in- 
fusion nor more for its pharmaceutical elegance; but 
it does good, and we therefore give it largely to our 
poor patients. The iron and the potash in it may be 
increased or lessened, or the former may be left out, 
as the case may be. The zinc valerianate given thrice 
daily in doses of from two to four grains is one of our 
best nervines. For a better class of patients the fol- 



I08 FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 

lowing antispasmodic mixture can be prescribed with 

very general satisfaction: 

$ Elixir humuli fl. J j. 

Elixir ammoniae valerianat ) 

Syrupi lactucarii J aa fl * * ss - 

M. Sig. — One dessertspoonful at bedtime, or dur° 

ing the day when needful. Wm. Goodell, M.D. 



In Rheumatic Dysmenorrhea. 

5 Am. hydrochlor, § iij. 

Tinct. stramonii § ss. 

Tinct. cimicifugae rac § jss. 

Syr. glycyrrhizae 3 ij. 

M. Sig. — Teaspoonful three times a day. 

Dr. N. S. Davis. 

OR 

# Acidi salicylici 3 iij. 

Sodii bicarbonatis 3 ij. 

Tinct. stramonii 

Vini colchici radicis aa 3 iv. 

Glycerinae | j. 

Aquae § iij. 

M. Sig. — A teaspoonful four times a day in water 

Dr. N. S. Davis. 
When the pain and soreness extends to the ovaries. 
Professor Davis has succeeded with these formulae in 
a large number of cases. He also recommends that 
patients place themselves in the knee and chest posi- 
tion three or four times a day for a few minutes, thus 
throwing the uterus, by force of gravity, into its nat- 
ural position. 



FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. IO9 

Chronic Cervical Endometritis. 

5 Magnesias sulphatis | ij. 

Ferri sulphatis gr. xvj. 

Acid, sulph. dil 3 j. 

Aquae Oj. 

M. Sig. — Two tablespoonfuls in a tumbler of iced 
water daily on rising. Dr. T. G. Thomas. 

OR 

5 Sodii et potass, tart § ij. 

Vini ferri amari § ii. 

Acid, tartarici 3 iij. 

Aquae J x * v « 

M. Sig. — Two tablespoonfuls as above. 

Dr. T. G. Thomas. 
Prof. Thomas advises the use of the above prescrip- 
tions as tonic and cathartic, relying mainly in these 
cases on the observance of good hygiene. 



Congestive Dysmenorrhea. 

3 Ext. ergotae fl 3 vii. 

Tinct. gelsem. co , 3 j. 

Tinct. aconit. rad gtts. xvi. 

M. Sig. — A teaspoonful every two, three or four 
hours. Bartholow. 



Vomiting of Pregnancy. 

3 Cerii oxalatis gr. xxiv. 

Ext. hyoscyami gr. xxxvi. 

M. Et. ft. pil. No. xii, Take one twice a day. 



IIO FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 

A Remedy for the Sick Stomach of Pregnancy. 
Dr. Forwood, at a late meeting of the Lancaster, 
Pa., Medical Society, read an interesting paper on the 
" Treatment of the Sick-stomach of Pregnancy." His 
favorite prescription is as follows: 

IJ, Rad. columbo 

Rad. zingiber aa 1 ss. 

Fol. sennae 3 j. 

Aquae bullient Oj. 

Mix. Infus. 

Sig. — A wineglassful before each meal. 



Vomiting of Pregnancy. 

B Cupri sulphat gr. ij. 

Aquae distillat . . § ss. 

M. Sig. — Six drops at a dose. Bartholow. 

In Chronic Cervicitis and Leucorrhcea. 

^ Iodoformi 3 j. 

Acid, tannici § j. 

M. Sig. — A sufficient quantity to be packed in 
dry state around the cervix. Bartholow. 



In Anaemia with Amenorrhea. 

$ Arsenic gr. j. 

Ferri. sulph. exsiccat 3 ss. 

Pulv. pip. nig 3 j. 

Pil. al. et myrrh 3 j. 

M. Div. in. pil. xl. 

Sig. — One twice a day after meals. 

Fotkergill. 



FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. Ill 

This excellent combination, by its tonic effect on the 
blood and its determinative effect on the menstrual 
function, will speedily restore the patient to her normal 
condition. 



The Vomiting of Pregnancy. 

5 Cerii oxalat gr. j. 

Ipecacuanhae gr. j. 

Creasoti gtt. ij. 

Sig. — To be taken every hour. Dr. Goodell. 

This prescription has been used with uniform suc- 
cess in this annoying and sometimes dangerous com- 
plication of pregnancy, at the Episcopal Hospital, 
Philadelphia. 

Milk Fever. 

3 Tinct. aconit. rad , gtt. xx. 

Antimon. et potass, tart gr. ij. 

Spt. etheris nitrici 

Syrupi simplicis aa ? j- 

Aquae aurantii flor f ij. 

Sig. — A teaspoonful in a wineglassful of sugar and 
water every two hours. Dr. Fordyce Barker. 

In addition to this, Dr. Barker gives nutritious, 
easily digested food; applies the child to the breast 
as soon as the patient has recovered from the exhaus- 
tion of labor; attends to the state of the bowels; gives 
a diaphoretic anodyne, and has the nurse rub the 
breasts from circumference to nipple with warm sweet 
oil every three hours. 



112 FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 

In Rheumatic Dysmenorrhea. 

IJ Tinct. cimicif ugae § iij. 

Tinct. stramonii § ss. 

Vin. colchici rad § ss. 

M. Sig. — Ateaspoonful at each mealtime in water. 

N. S. Davis, M.jD. 
If the cimicifuga or colchicum causes headache and 
disturbance of the bowels, lessen the quantity rela- 
tively to the other constituents of the prescription. 
The above is recommended by Prof. Davis in that 
common class of cases, where pain is severe and the 
flow scanty. 



Laxatives for Habitual Use in Uterine Disorders. 

3, Ext. colcynth. comp gr. ij. 

Ext. belladonnas gr. -J. 

Ext. gentianae gr. j. 

Ol. carui gtt. ss. 

Et ft. pil. No. j. 
M. To be taken at bedtime. 

The pulvis glycyrrhizae comp. of the Prussian Phar- 
macopoeia is another good laxative. I have kept pa- 
tients upon it for months, and always with benefit. 
The formula for it is as follows: 

B Pulv. glycyrrh. rad ) > ? 

Pulv. sennae f aa 3 ss. 

Sulphuris sublim ) _ .. 

Pulv. fceniculi j* aa 3 1J * 

Sacchar. purif 5 J ss - 

M. Sig. — One teaspoonful in half a cupful of water 
at bedtime. Wm. Goodell, M.D., Phila. 



FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. II3 

Metrorrhagia. 

3 Liquor ferri sulphatis § ss. 

Aquae § j. 

M. Sig. — Saturate with this solution the finest cot- 
ton wool; dry and expose to moderate pressure. 
Wrap a sufficient quantity around a long small piece 
of whalebone and introducing it into the cavity of the 
uterus, withdraw the whalebone, leaving the cotton in 
situ. Strong thread may be attached to the cotton to 
withdraw it when necessary. From 12 to 24 hours is 
as long as it should remain. 

This hemostatic is that proposed and used by the 
distinguished gynaecologist, Dr. J. Marion Sims, which 
is proof positive of its efficiency. 

In Accidental Hemorrhage During Pregnancy. 

5 Acidi sulphurici dil 3 j. 

Tinct. opii m. xl. 

Infus. rosae. co § vj. 

Sig. — Two teaspoonfuls every hour. 

OR 

$ Plumbi acetatis gr. xviij. 

Acidi acetici m. xx. 

Morphiae acetatis gr. j. 

Aquae destillatae 1 vj. 

/. G. Swane, M.D. 
Coming from the accoucheur to the Bristol General 
Hospital, England, these formulae so uniformly suc- 
cessful may be highly commended. Posture should 
be attended to and cold compresses applied to the 
vulva. 



114 FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 

Barker's Post Partum Pills. 

3 Ext. colocynth. co 

Hydr. chloridi mitis aa 3 xiij. 

Ext. hyoscyami gr. xl. 

Ext. nucis vom 

Pulv. aloes 

Pulv. ipecac aa gr. xx. 

Mix. Divide into 120 pills. Dr. Fordyce Barker. 

For the Anaemia of Chlorosis. 

$ Ferri vini amari . § vijss. 

Tinct. nucis vomicae 3 iv. 

Liq. potassae arsenit 3 ij. 

M. Sig. — A dessertspoonful in a glassful of water 
just after each meal. 

Prof. T. Gaillard Thomas, M.D. 
In addition to this Dr. Thomas (regarding the indi- 
cations to remove the cause, cure the neurosis, and re- 
pair the damage) advises general tonic treatment 
and the observance of good hygiene. 



In Menorrhagia of Climacteric Period. 

^ Ext. ergotae aq. (Squibb) 3 ij. 

Butyri cocoae 3 j. 

M. Make twelve suppositories and introduce one 
into the rectum morning, noon, and night, carrying 
them well up into the bowel and having the patient 
lie down for an hour afterward. 

Prof. Fordyce Barker, M.D. 
The Doctor advises the uses of these suppositories 
for a week previous to the return of the expected 
period. 



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Ergot and Aloes for Amenorrhea from Atony of the 
Uterus. 

# Tr. ergot 3 ij. 

Decoct, aloes comp ad § viij. 

M. Two tablespoonfuls twice a day. 



Metrorrhagia of Climacteric Period. 

5 Iodoformi 3 ijss. 

Gum tragacanthse gr. xv. 

Mucilaginis q. s. 

M. Sig. — Divide into ten cylinders, each one and 
one half inches in length, and for the five or six days 
preceding menstruation introduce one of these cylin- 
ders into the cavity of the uterus and keep it in place 
by a pledget of cotton pushed against the cervix. 

Prof. Fordyce Barker, M.D. 
This plan Dr. Barker has found to effect a cure if 
carried out for two menstrual periods. 



In Chlorosis. 

^ Ferri arseniat gr. ij. 

Ext. cinchonae gr. xij. 

M. Ft. pil. No. xij. 

Sig. — One three times a day after meals. 

Dr. Bartholow. 

Metrorrhagia. 

ft Hydrarg. chlorid coros gr. -fa 

Tinct. cinchonae comp 3 j. 

Sig. — This amount thrice daily. 

Dr. Wm. H. By ford. 



Il6 FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 

The above should be given in the intermenstrual 
period while mechanical means are resorted to at the 
time of menstruation. Of course quiet and the best 
possible hygienic surroundings should be insisted 
upon. 

In Painful Affections of the Breast or Abdomen of 
Women. 

5 Atropiae sulph gr. iv. 

Sp. rectif f § ss. 

Aquae destil . . ad. § iv. 

Misce ut fiat lotio. (To be applied on lint, covered 
with oilskin or parydor.) Dr. Tilt. 

In Nausea of Uterine Irritation. 

$ Liq. bismuthi et ammon. citrat § ss. 

Acid, hydrocyan. dil TTl xxiv. 

Sodae bicarb 3 j. 

Tinct. lavand. co 3 iij. 

Aquae, f 1 vj. 

Fiat mistura. Cap. cochl. maj. ij. bis die. 

Dr. Tyler Smith. 

In Obstinate Dysmenorrhea. 

5 Chloral hydrat 3 j. 

Sp. etheris 3 ij. 

Liq. opii sedativi 3 ss. 

Tinct. hyoscyami 3 iij. 

Sp. chlorof ormi 3 ij. 

Aquae ad. § vj. 

Fiat mistura. A tablespoonful every two hours. 

Dr. Lombe Atthill. 



FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 117 

As an Anaesthetic During Labor. 

$ Chloral hydrat 3 iss. 

Aquae aurantii floris § vj. 

Misce. A sixth part at completion of first stage of 
labor ; another dose in about twenty minutes ; and 
again in about an hour. Dr. W. S. Play/air. 



In Dysmenorrhcea. 

$ Succi conii 3 j. 

Potass, bromid gr. xv. 

Aquae ad. § j. 

Fiat haustus. To be taken three times a day. 

Dr. Alfred Meadows. 



In Ulceration of Cervix Uteri. 

^ Acidi benzoici gr. x. 

Acidi tannici gr. xv. 

Collodion 3 iv. 

Acidi carbolici gr. xxv. 

Fiat lotio. To be applied to affected parts. 

Dr. Lombe Atthill. 



In Pruritus Vulvae. 

5 Acidi carbolici g*. x. 

Morphias acet gr. viij. 

Acidi hydrocyan. dil 3 ij. 

Glycerini Z iv. 

Aquae ad. f iv. 

Fiat lotio. Dr. Lombe Atthill 



Il8 FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 

In Menorrhagia. 

ft Acidi gallici 

Pul v. ergotae ana gr. x. 

Fiat pulvis. To be taken every three hours. 

Dr. Lombe Atthill. 



As a Laxative on Change of Life. 

Sulphur, sublim § j. 

Sodae bicarb 3 j. 

Pul v. ipecac gr. v. 

Misce. Sumat 3 j. — 3 ij. h. s. ex lacte. 

Dr. Tilt. 



Sedative Application in Uterine Affections. 

ft Aconitiae gr. ij. 

Atropiae sulph , gr. viij. 

Morphias sulph gr. xvj. 

Acid, sulph. dil TF], v. 

Sp. vini rect § ss. 

Glycerini ^ ij. 

Aquae ad. | iv. 

M. Fiat linimentum. Dr. Tilt. 



Dysmenorrhea. 

5 Ext. conii . . 3 j. 

Ext. strammon gr. v. 

Ext. opii gr. v. 

M. Ft. pil. No. x. 

Sig. — One pill twice or even three times a day. 

Garrigues. 



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Vaginitis. 

If Acetanilid gr. lxxv. 

Ac. tannici gr. viij. 

Ext. hyoscyami grs. j. 

Sacchari lactis gr. cl. 

M. Sig. — Use such a suppository two or three times a 
day. 

OR 

If Ex. Hydrastis fl g iv. 

Sig. — Apply to the cervix and vagina, and place a tam- 
pon smeared with vaseline between the vulvae and in the 
vagina. Munte. 

Vaginismus. 

If Thymol gr. iij. 

Ext. belladonnas gr. vj. 

Potassii bromid 3 ^s. 

01. theobromse % ss. 

M. Ft. suppositoria No. iv. 

Sig. — One suppository as needed. De Sintey. 

Amenorrhea. 

If Tr. ferri chlor f 3 iij. 

Tr. cantharidis f 3 j . 

Tr. guaiac ammon f § iss. 

Tr. Aloes fgss. 

Syrupi q. s. ad f§vj. 

Sig — Tablespoonfui three times a day. Dewees. 

Vomiting of Pregnancy. 

If Liq. potass, arsenitis § ss. 

Sig. — Half drop every half hour for six or eight doses. 

A. A. Smith. 



120 FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 

Chloasma of Pregnancy. 

I£ Zinci oxidi . . , gr. iij. 

Hydrarg. ammoniat gr. iss. 

01. theobromae 

01. ricini aa 3 iiss. 

Essent. rosse gtt. x. 

M. Sig. — Apply to the face night and morning. 

Monin. 

Metritis— Uterine Tumor. 

3J Tr. aconit. rad , gtt. xvj. 

Ex. gelsemii fl 3 j. 

Ex. ergotse fl ad § j. 

M. Sig. — Teaspoonful every two to six hours. 

Bartholow. 

Neurasthenia. 

3£ Sodii bromidi § j. 

Tr. nucis vom 3 ij. 

Ess. pepsin g ij. 

Aq. menth. pip § j. 

M. Sig. — Teaspoonful before meals and at bed time. 

Dr. A. J. C. Skene. 

Irritable Bladder. 

3J Lithiae carbonatis 3 ij. 

Ac. benzoici 3 iij. 

Sodii boratis 3 j. 

Aq. dest 1 iv. 

M. Sig. — A tablespoonful in a glass of water after 
meals for irritable bladder in women associated with a 
lithic-acid diathesis. Dr. Skene. 



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V. 

DISEASES OF CHILDREN. 



Diarrheal Mixture for Children. 

# Pulv. cret. aromat. (Br) 3 j. 

Tinct. opii 3 j. 

Syr. zingiberis § j. 

Decoc. haematoxyli ad. § vj. 

Take two tablespoonfuls after each liquid stool. 

Farquharson. 

Acute Bronchitis in Children. 

3 Tinct. veratri viridis m. xij. 

Syr. scilla compos 3 ij. 

Syr. balsami tolutani 3 xiv. 

M. Sig. — One teaspoonful every two or three hours 
to a child five years old in the first stages of the dis- 
ease. Prof. J. L. Smith, M.D. 

When the temperature falls and the moisture ap- 
pears on the skin under the influence of the above 
prescription, we may cease its administration and re- 
sort to expectorant mixtures as the following: 

^ Ext. cubeb fl m. xl. — 3 j. 

Syr. simplicis .... § ijss. 

Sig. — A teaspoonful three or four times a day. 



124 FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 

In Summer Diarrhoea of Children. 

IJ Plumbi acetat gf. viij. 

Acid acet gtt. vj. 

Tinct. opii deodorat gtt. iv. 

Aquae destillat f j. 

M. Sig. — A teaspoonful every two or three hours 
to a child of two years. Dr. Roberts Bartholow. 



Infantile Syphilis. 

$ Hydrarg. bichlorid gr. j. 

Potass, iodidi 3 iv. 

Syr. aurantii . 

Aquae aa 3 ij. 

M. Sig. — Five drops for a child about two months 
old, increased to fifteen or twenty drops if the disease 
does not yield. R. W. Taylor, M.D. 

Dr. Taylor has made this subject his especial study, 
and his experience has been that the above formula is 
highly efficacious. It is important to suspend the 
medicine altogether, from time to time, as the system 
acquires a tolerance for it. 



Nocturnal Incontinence of Children. 

# Strychniae gr. j. 

Pulv. cantharides gr. ij. 

Morph. sulph gr. iss. 

Ferri pulv 3 j. 

M. Ft. pil. No. xl. Sig. — One three times a day 
to a child ten years old. Prof. S. D. Gross, M.D. 

This prescription will speedily relieve the irritabil- 
ity of the bladder, especially if conjoined with such 



FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. I 25 

means as a cold shower bath daily, the avoidance of 
irritant food and late suppers, the patient lying on the 
side or belly, and taking care to drink nothing for the 
few hours preceding sleep, and to empty the bladder 
on going to bed. 

Alkaline Mixture for Nursing Children. 

^ Pot. carbonat gr. ij. 

Ol. cajeput m. j. 

Aq. anethi 3 ij. 

M. Sig. — Three or four times a day. Fothergill. 
This alkaline mixture will afford speedy relief to in- 
fants who have griping pains after taking milk; a 
condition very frequent and exceedingly annoying. 

Catarrhal Bronchitis of Infants. 

# Syr. allii I j. . 

Syr. ipecac 3 iij. 

Syr. tolutani 3 v. 

Syr. acaciae 3 vi. 

Tinct. opii camphorat . . .ad. § iij. 

M. Sig. — M. xx. to 3 j. as needed. 

Dr. Farquharson. 

Cough Mixture for Infants. 
Infants Hospital, Randall's Island, N. Y. 

# Tr. opii camph 

Spts. ammon. arom aa fl. f j. 

Ext. ipecac fl fl. 3 ss. 

Syr. pruni virg fl. § j. 

Aquae q. s. ad fl. § iij. 

M. Dose : a teaspoonful. 



126 FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 

Cholera Infantum. 

$ Argenti nitrat gr. j. 

Acid nitric, dil m. viij. 

Tinct. opii deodorat m. viij. 

Mucil. acacias § ss. 

Syr. simplicis 1 ss. 

Aq. cinnamoni § j. 

M. Sig. — A teaspoonful every three, four, or six 
hours to a child one year old. . Bartholow. 

This combination is remarkably beneficial after the 
acute symptoms have subsided. 



Infantile Convulsions. 

$ Olei succini rectificati 

Tinct. opii . aa § ss. 

Olei olivae 

Spiritus vini gallici . . . aa f ij. 

Ft. lotio. Rub along the spine. 

Dr. Joseph Parrish. 
The above will relieve infantile convulsions, and is 
also an excellent application to relieve the spasms of 
whooping-cough. Care should be taken to wash the 
skin with warm water and soap before rubbing in the 
lotion, so as to promote absorption. 



Cholera Infantum. 

B Cupri sulph gr. j. 

Tinct. opii deodorat gtt. viij. 

Aquae destillat f iv. 

M. Sig. — A teaspoonful every two, three, or four 
hours. Dr. Bartholow. 



FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. I 27 

Anthelmintic for Round Worm and Ascaris Vermicu- 

laris. 

^ Fl. ext. spigeliae ^ j. 

Fl. ext. sennse § ss. 

M. Sig. — A teaspoonful to a child of three to five 
years; or 

3 Fluid ext. spigeliae et sennae § j. 

Santonini , gr. viij. 

M. Sig.— Teaspoonful to a child of five. 

Prof. J. L. Smith, M.D. 
For the expulsion of the round worm no better for- 
mulae than these have been devised. They are found 
an effectual means also of destroying the ascaris ver- 
micularis. 

In the Delirium of Febrile Affections in Children. 

]£ Pot. bromidi gr. x. 

Chloral hydrat gr. v. 

Aquae anethi 3 ij. 

M. Sig. — Every six hours, for child of six. 

Fothergill. 
This combination of bromide of potassium and 
chloral acts admirably in the cerebral excitement ac- 
companying the evanescent fevers of children. 

Children's Diarrhoea. 

IJ, Inf us. rhei § ij. 

Potass, bicarb 3 j. 

Tinct. cinnamoni 3 ij. 

Syrupi simplicis 3 vj. 

Dose. Teaspoonful every two hours. 

Farquharson 



128 FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 

In Scarlatina. 

3. Pot. chlorat gr. x. 

Tine, ferri perchlor m. v. 

Syr. zingiberis 3 j. 

Aquae ad § ss. 

M. Sig. — Every four or six hours for a child from 
eight to ten years. Fothergill. 

Dr. Fothergill says of the above prescription that 
in the severe sore throat of scarlatina he has found it 
of all others give the best and most satisfactory re- 
sults. 

Bronchitis in Children. 

A large sinapism or turpentine stupe, followed by 
linseed-meal poultices properly made and frequently 
changed, or a piece of spongio-piline soaked in warm 
water, are good external applications. The child 
should be kept in bed. Internally, in acute cases, a 
dose of calomel with or without jalap may be given at 
the outset, and expectoration should be assisted by 
ipecacuanha, squill, citrate of potash, senega, and 
similar remedies. A useful prescription for a child two 
to four years old is : 
$ Pot. citrat 3 j. 

Vin. ipecac 3 j — 3 ij. 

Tinct. camph. co 3 j. 

Syrup, tolutan § ss. 

Aquae ad § iij. 

Ft. mist. Dose : one teaspoonful every hour or two. 
When the secretion becomes abundant, it should be 
removed from the loaded bronchi by emetics. Mu- 
cous and subcrepitant rales are in young children the 



FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. I 29 

best indications for emetics, according to Bouchut. 
Powdered ipecacuanha, mustard, alum, or sulphate of 
zinc are best ; Vin. Ipecac, sometimes fails even in 
large doses. A warm bath towards evening is good 
practice, and the child often sleeps after it, but chill 
must be carefully guarded against. If there be much 
restlessness, small doses of Dover's powder at bed- 
time are valuable. Should pulmonary collapse take 
place, stimulants, especially Ammon. Sesquicarb., will 
be needed, with wine and rubefacient liniments. The 
diet, at first low, must be improved as the disease pro- 
gresses, care being taken to eliminate all heavy and 
indigestible things from what is sanctioned. In 
chronic bronchitis, where there is less fever, and when 
the child is already exhausted by illness, the cough 
will require controlling by such drugs as bromide 
of potassium, belladonna, morphia, etc. Antispas- 
modics and anodynes, in fact, take the place of expec- 
torants and stimulants. Sinapisms are still useful, 
and so are stimulating embrocations. Inhalations, 
too, of steam or medicated vapors (especially that of 
creasote) are serviceable. The diet must be light and 
nourishing, and calculated to restrain rather than pro- 
mote secretion, and therefore especially limited and 
defined in the matter of fluids. 

In such cases quinine is useful in small doses; or if 
it disagree, Dr. Meigs recommends the following: 

# Elix. cinchon. flav 3 ij s 

Curacoa 3 i}. 

Acidi sulph. dil m. xi^ 

Aquae 3 iiss. 

Ft. mist., 3 j. secund. hor. 



I30 FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 

In very chronic cases, attended with persistent mu- 
cous rales over the bases of the lungs, astringents, 
especially gallic and tannic acids, are useful. I have 
certainly seen benefit from their employment. At the 
same time some external agency should not be neg- 
lected, as painting with iodine paint or gentle frictions 
with some stimulating liniment. Dr. Stierlin, of 
Schaffhausen, recommends carbonate of ammonia 
rather than emetic or other treatment, especially in 
the broncho-pneumonia of young children and in the 
catarrhal attacks of infants. The dose may be up to 
5, 10 or even 20 grains. Dr. Stierlin by this means 
lost only 7 out of 150 cases, whereas Rilliet and Bar- 
thez consider the catarrhal pneumonia of infants 
especially to be almost invariably fatal. 

It is convenient here to mention specially another 
plan of treatment, referred to in former editions, as 
much in vogue in America and on the Continent, but 
which, since then, has daily gained ground in Eng- 
land and elsewhere, and which is applicable not only 
to bronchitis, but to most, if not all, acute inflamma- 
tions, viz., the treatment by the great vascular seda- 
tives, aconite and veratrum viride. 

This treatment, according to the evidence of those 
who have most largely employed it, is most suitable 
for children over three years of age, whose previous 
health has been good, and in whom the inflammation 
is acute and primary. It is a remark of Bouchut's that 
in the first stage of childhood the material lesions are 
less purely inflammatory than in the second stage, and 
the suppuration of the tissues in both less frequent 
and of a less laudable quality. It is accordingly found 



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that these powerful antiphlogistics are of less service 
during the earliest years of life. Besides the age of 
the child, the period of the administration of these 
drugs is an important point; they should be given as 
early as possible in the course of the disease, in small 
and frequently repeated doses, until the activity of the 
inflammation begins to subside, the pulse lowers, the 
temperature falls, and moisture appears upon the 
skin. Beyond this point it is unwise to push the rem- 
edy, as the depression so induced may be very consid- 
erable. Dr. Lewis Smith, of New York, recommends 
the following prescription for a child five years old in 
the first stage of acute bronchitis: 

5, Tinct. verat. virid m. xij. 

Syrupi scillae comp 3 ij. 

Syrupi bals. tolutan 3 xiv. 

Misce. One teaspoonful every two to four hours ; 
the medicine to be omitted, or given at a longer inter- 
val, if the frequency of the pulse is reduced. 

I have but little experience of green hellebore, but 
I am more and more satitfied that aconite is a most 
valuable agent when similarly employed. The dose 
of the tincture of the Ph. B. may be half a drop to a 
drop, repeated every hour or half hour until the effect 
described is manifested. The dose is suitable for a 
child five years old. When the inflammatory symp- 
toms have abated, the ordinary treatment of the 
special inflammation and its sequelae is to be resumed; 
for example, in bronchitis, expectorant mixtures; in 
tonsillitis, astringent gargles, and so forth. In fact, 
aconite and green hellebore thus employed may be 



132 FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 

regarded as in a measure replacing the depletions and 
blisterings of days gone by. 

Lastly, I think it always desirable, after children 
have suffered from bronchitis, broncho-pneumonia, 
etc., that a course of cod-liver oil or the hypophos- 
phites of lime and soda should be advised for a month 
or two. E. Ellis. 

In Chronic Diarrhoea and Passive Hemorrhage. 

IJ Alumnis gr. iij. — xv. 

Acidi sulph. dil m. ij. — x. 

Sy rupi q. s. 

Inf. rosae acid 3 j. — iv. 

To be given every three or four hours. E. Ellis. 

In the Second Stage of Hooping-Cough. 

B Ext. conii gr. xij. 

Aluminis gr. xxv. 

Aquae anethi f § iij. 

Syr. rhceados f 3 ij. 

Fiat mistura : capiat cochleare medium sexta qua- 
que hora\ (For a child two or three years old.) 

Dr. G. Bird. 



In Hooping-Cough. 

Cocci pulv gr. xij. 

Potass, carb 3 j. 

Syr. simplicis 1 j. 

Aquas destil 1 iij. 

Misce. A teaspoonful when the attack threatens. 

Niemeyer. 



FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 1 33 

In Chronic Diarrhoea of Children. 

# Argenti nitr gr. •} ad -J- 

Aquae destil § j. 

Syr. simpl 3 v. 

Fiat mistura. To be taken by spoonfuls in the 

course of the day. M. Trousseau. 



In Laryngismus Stridulus. 

# Assaf oetidae 3 ss. 

Vitell. ovi No. j. Tere simul, et adde 

Inf us. valerian § ss. — § iv. 

For two enemas. Niemeyer. 

In Hooping- Cough. 

B Antim. tart gr. j. 

Tinct. opii TTJ, xx. 

Aquae destil f 1 j. 

Misce. A teaspoonful every, or every alternate, 
night. Sir. T. Watson. 

Itch in Children. 

Sulphur ointment is the general remedy for this 
disease. The patient having been thoroughly washed, 
should be rubbed over with it wherever spots exist. 
If there be unusual thickness of the cuticle, the oint- 
ment may be 

# Adipis ij. 

Sulphur, praecip 3 ij. 

Pot. bicarb 3 j. 

Ft. unguent. 



134 FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 

A strong alcoholic solution of stavesacre is often 
efficacious, or the Pulv. staphisagriae may be combined 
with Ung. Sulph. The oil of chamomile is also 
stated to be useful in the Ung. Sulph. A lotion of 
pentasulphide of calcium is recommended by Mr. 
Erasmus Wilson. If it be desired to conceal the 
fact of using sulphur ointment, it may be colored 
with Hyd. Bisulph (Cinnabar), and scented with oil 
of bergamot. Styrax is also occasionally employed, 
e.g.: 

]£ Styracis liquid 1 j. 

Sp. rectif 3 ij. 

Ol. olivae 3 j. 

Ft. unguent. 

Other formulae are : 

$ Acid carbolici 3 ij. 

Glycerini § ij. 

Ft. applicatio. 

B Hyd. perchlor gr. iv. 

Sp. vin. rect 3 vj. 

Ammon. hydrochlor 3 ss. 

Aq. rosae ad § vj. 

Ft. lotio. 

3 Potassii sulphureti 1 vj. 

Sapon. alb lb. ij. 

Ol. olivae Oij. 

Ol. thymi . 3 ij. 

Ft. applicatio. 

This is a powerful preparation, and sufficient for in- 
unction from top to toe (as is often required) for sev- 
eral days. E. Ellis. 



FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 1 35 

In Diarrhoea. 

# Cretae preparatae 3 iss. 

Acaciae pulv 

Sacchari albi aa 3 j. 

Tinct. opii m. x. 

Aquae § iij. 

Ft. mist. A teaspoonful every hour. Dewees. 



In the Irritable Stomach of Young Children, Accom- 
panied with Vomiting, of Sour and Curdled Character. 

^ Pot. bromid gr. j. — iij. 

Mist, cretae 3 j. — ij. 

Syrupi q. s. 

E. Ellis. 

In Hooping-Cough. 

g, Aluminis gr. xxiv. 

Acidi sulph. dil TQ, xij. 

Syr. rhoeados f 3 iv. 

Aquae f § iis. 

Fiat mistura: sumat f 3 iij. sextis horis. 

Dr. West 

In Simple Diarrhoea of Infants. 

$ Magnes. sulph 3 j. 

Tinct. rhei 3 ij. 

Aquae carui 3 vij. 

Misce. A teaspoonful every six hours. 

Dr. West. 



1 36 FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 

As a Stimulant in Croup. 

3 Etheris acet 3 iij. 

Camphorae gr. x. 

Misce. Ten to fifteen drops every quarter of an 
hour. Niemeyer. 

In Porrigo of Children. 

5 Acidi acetici diluti 

Mel. boracis ._ aa f j. 

Aquae § iv. 

Misce. Fiat lotio. Dr. Headland. 

In Severe Coughs of Children of Four Years of Age. 

$ Tinct. camphorae co Til xx. 

Vini ipecacuanhae 1U x. 

Vini antim 1U xxx. 

Mucil. acaciae 3 vij. 

Misce. Sumat § ij. quarta quaque horei. 

Dr. West. 

In Hooping-Cough. 

$ Tinct. opii 3 ij. 

Tinct. cantharidis 3 ij. 

Lin. camphorae co f j. 

Misce. Fiat linimentum. To be rubbed on the 
chest. Dr. West. 



In Chorea. 

5 Liq. arsenicalis TTt x. 

To be taken immediately after meals. For child 5 
to 1 2 years. Dr. Eustace Smith. 



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In Febrile Coughs of Children One Year Old. 

]£ Potass, bicarb 

Acidi citrici ana 3 j. 

Syr. mori 3 iij. 

Aquae destil 3 ix. 

Misce. Sumat 3 ij. sexta: quaque hora\ 

Dr. West. 



An Aperient for Children of Three Years 01 Age. 

3 Potass, sulph gr. xij. 

Inf. rhei 3 vss. 

Tinct. aurantii 3 ss. 

Aquas cinnam 3 iss. 

Misce. Capiat § ss pro re nata\ Dr. West. 

In Scarlatina. 

# Solut. chlori. (Midd. Hosp.) 3 ij. 

Aquae Oj. 

Misce. Sumat cochl. j. ad ij. frequenter in die pro- 
ratione aetatis. Sir T. Watson. 



Stomatitis. 
These cases are usually easily cured by the use of 
chlorate of potash in good doses, given three or four 
times a day, the mouth being rinsed well with a weak 
solution of the chlorate, or in young children syringed 
therewith, if the child be too young to rinse the 
mouth ; glycerine of borax may be applied after each 
cleansing. The stomach and bowels must be regu- 
lated; and when improvement takes place, tincture or 
decoction of bark will be of great use — in fact, the 



I 38 FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 

best form of tonic. Nutritious diet and wine are often 
necessary, when the child is low. 

Chloride of lime is used by M. Bouchut, forty-five 
grains of the chloride to six drachms of honey, and 
application made with a camel-hair brush. Dilute 
nitric and hydrochloric acids are occasionally valuable 
in obstinate cases as local applications ; acid and bark 
or ammonia and bark being given meanwhile inter- 
nally. Dr. Dewees especially recommends: 
# Cupri sulph gr. x. 

Puiv. cinchon. opt 3 ij. 

Pulv. gum. Arab 3 j. 

Mel. commun 3 ij. 

Aq. fontan § iij. 

Ft. applicatio. The ulcerations to be touched twice 
a day with it. E. Ellis. 

Cretinism. 
IJ Ext. thyroid § j. 

Sig. — Begin with one-half grain twice daily, increasing 
to one grain or one and a half grains or more twice 
or three times daily. The results of the thyroid treat- 
ment of cretinism are among the most brilliant in modern 
medicine. 

Adenitis of Children. 
^ Ichthyol 

Ung. hydrarg 

Ung. belladonnae aa 5 j. 

Ung petrolati 5 ss. 

Ft. ung 

M. Sig — Apply night and morning over affected 
glands, using friction till absorbed, 



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Whooping-Cough. 

IJ Antipyrin gr. xvj 

Syr. tolutani 

Aquae aa § ss. 

M. Sig. — A teaspoonful every four hours to a child 
four years old; the interval may be gradually reduced to 
two hours. Dr. F. M. Crandall. 

Holt, Crandall Kerley and others speak of antipyrin 
as the most effective drug in whooping cough. Holt ad- 
vises the following doses: at six months the initial dose 
should be one grain every three hours, the interval being 
reduced if necessary to two hours; at two years the initial 
dose should be two grains every four to six hours, the in- 
terval being gradually reduced to two hours. Kerley 
combines bromide of sodium with the antipyrin. Three 
grains of bromide maybe given every three hours at 
three years. 

Bromoform is effective in some cases, but requires care 
in its use. The following is an available formula: 

~fy Bromoformi TUxl. 

Mucilag. gummi Arabic 

Syr. tolutani aa 3 vij — M. 

Sig. —Teaspoonful from three to five times a day. 

Tonic for Children. 

^ Ferri oxid, saccharated gr. iij. 

" Eisenzucker." 
Ft. tablet. 

Sig. — One or two after meals for anaemia. A pala- 
table and effective form of iron. 



14O FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 

Eczema of Children. 

IJ Pulv. calamine prepar 3 ij. 

Zinci oxid § ss. 

Glycerinse § ss. 

Liq. calcis § ij. 

Aq. rosae . . . . . ad § viij. 

M. Sig. — During stage of acute inflammation, dip a 
piece of muslin in this solution and apply with a bandage. 

Dr. L.E.Holt. 

IJ Ac . salicylici , gr. v. 

Zinci oxidi 3 ij. 

Amyli 3 ij . 

Vaseline § j. 

M. Sig. — " Lassar's paste " for use after the more acute 
stage has passed. A most useful prescription, especially 
in eczema behind the ears and in folds of the skin. 

Lassar. 

IJ Ung. picis liquidae 3 iij. 

Zinci oxidi 3 iss. 

Ung. aquae rosae . 3 vj. 

M. Sig. — For use in chronic cases. Keep in close con- 
tact with diseased area by spreading upon muslin and 
applying under a bandage. Dr. L. E. Holt. 

IJ Pulv. tragacanthae 3 j. 

Glycerinae § iss. 

Aq rosae % iv. 

M. Sig — " Pick's paste " for use where a mask or oint- 
ment cannot be used. To this may be added zinc oxide, 
carbolic acid, f^v, or tar, "nix. 



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Regulation of the diet is of more importance in eczema 
of children than in that of adults. Each case, however, 
must be studied and treated individually. In infants, re- 
duction of the fat is often followed by improvement. 
In older children, on the other hand, who are thin and 
poorly nourished, the administration of cod-liver oil and 
iron is often equally efficacious. Rhubarb and soda is 
almost invariably useful. 

Chorea. 

IJ Liq. potassii arsenitis 3 j. 

Vini ferri amari 3 iij. 

M. Sig. — Begin with fifteen drops, three times a day, 
and increase one drop at each dose until the point of 
tolerance is reached. Reduce the dose to one half and 
again slowly increase to a point a little below that first 
reached and then continue the administration until im- 
provement is seen. New York Polyclinic. 

Enuresis. 

3J Atropiae sulphatis « gr. ss. 

Aquae destillatae § h 

M. Sig. — One drop for each year of age, given at 
four and seven o'clock in the evening. 

The value of atropin in full doses cannot be doubted. 
The urine of the enuresis patient should always be ex- 
amined and the treatment instituted which the results of 
such an examination indicate. A permanent cure can- 
not always be effected until constitutional faults are 
remedied. 



142 FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 

Pleurisy. 

IJ Spt. setheris nitrosi gtt. xx. 

Liq. ammon. acet 3 ss. 

Chloroformi gtt. ij. 

Aq menthse vir q. s. ad 5 j. 

M. Sig. — One dose every two hours for a child of four 
years. 

For Thrush. 

Tfy Sodii bicarbonatis gr. v. 

Sodii boratis . gr. v. 

Aquae.. § j. 

M. Sig. — Mouth wash to be applied four times a day 
upon a soft cloth wrapped upon the finger or by a cotton 
swab. Dr. F. M. CrandalL 

Rickets. 
If 01. Morrhuse. < § iv. 

Sig. — One to two teaspoonfuls three times a day after 
meals. If the pure oil is not taken well use an emulsion. 
(See Section X.) 

Although cod- liver oil is the most useful medicinal 
agent for rickets, it is of less importance than diet. It is 
well established that the disease is due to deficient fat in 
the diet and excess of carbo-hydrate, together with ab- 
sence of sunlight and unhygienic surroundings. Hence, 
increase the cream in the food as much as the child will 
digest and withdraw all starches under one year and re- 
duce them over that age. Keep the child in the open air 
as much as possible. Proper diet alone will cure rickets, 
but cod-liver oil and tonics will aid. 



FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 1 43 

Tapeworm. 

3£ 01. filicis maris 3 iij. 

01. chenopodii 3 j. 

01. terebinth 3 ij. 

Emul. ol. ricini (50 per cent.) q. s. ad § ij. 

M. Sig. — Teaspoonful twice a day for a child of six 
years. Dr. Z. Starr. 

For Fever in Children. 

5 Spts. aetheris nitrosi 3 ij . 

Liq. ammonii acetatis § ss. 

Glycerini § ss. 

Aquae cinnamomi ad § iij. 

M. Sig. — A teaspoonful every two hours to a child of 
five years. This is an effective and palatable mixture. 

Dr. F. M. Crandall. 

Laxative Alkaline Mixture. 

3J Sodii bicarbonatis 3 ss. 

Syr. rhei aromat 5 ss. 

Syr. sennae. § ss. 

Syr. amant. cort 5 i. 

M. Sig. — A teaspoonful, more or less, three times a 
day at one year. Dr. J. P. C. Griffith. 

Convulsions. 

3£ Chloralis hydratis gr. v. 

Aquae 3 j. 

M. Sig. — Give by high rectal injection to a child of 
one year and repeat in one hour if necessary. If the 
choral is expelled or the convulsions continue give mor- 
phine hypodermically, ^ of a grain at one year. 

Holt. 



144 FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 

Earache. 

If Atropine sulphates gr, j. 

Glycerini • 

Aq. destil aa 3 j. 

M. Sig. — Three or four drops to be warmed and 
dropped into the ear every three hours. For the earache 
of scarlet fever or from reflex causes. 

Dr. T. M. Hotch. 

Summer Diarrhoea. 

IJ Bismuthi subnitratis gr. xv-xx. 

Syr. rhei. aromat "niiii. 

Aquae ad 3j. 

M. Sig. — This amount to be given every two hours 
after the bowels have been acted upon by castor oil or 
calomel. Milk should be stopped absolutely for at least 
one day, and longer if the bowels continue to be loose and 
the stools of green color. Castor oil, calomel, bismuth, 
and opium are the four most useful drugs. Intestinal 
antiseptics give but little aid, and are dangerous; the new 
astringents have a very limited field of usefulness. For 
irrigation of the bowel boric acid solution or normal salt 
solution (heaping teaspoonful to a pint) is best, the tem- 
perature of which should range from 95 Q to ioo< 



»o 



Dr. C. G. Kerley. 



Asthma in Children. 
^ Antipyrin gr. iv. 

Sig. — For one dose at bedtime to a child of five years 
when the attacks are recurrent at night. 

Dr. L. E. Holt. 



FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 1 45 

Summer Diarrhoea. 
I£ Bismuthi subgallat gr. xxiv. 

Syr. rhei aromatici 3 j. 

Mist, cretse § ij. 

Aquae ad § iii. 

M. Sig. — A teaspoonful every two hours at one year 
for summer diarrhoea, particularly with flatulence and 
irritable stomach. 

The bowels should first be emptied by means of rhu- 
barb, calomel, or the following: 
I£ Syr. rhei 

01. ricini aa § ss. 

M. Sig. — One to three teaspoonfuls according to the 
age of the child. All milk should be withheld. Opium 
is indicated as follows: (1) in the first stages of acute 
diarrhoea, before the intestinal canal has been freed from 
decomposing matter; (2) when the passages are infre- 
quent or of bad odor; (3) when there is a high tempera- 
ture or cerebral symptoms are present; (4) when its use 
is followed by elevation of temperature or the passages 
become more offensive. It is indicated (1) when the 
passages are very frequent, with pain; (2) when the pas- 
sages are excessively frequent, large, and watery; (3) in 
dysenteric diarrhoea preceded by castor oil or a saline; 

(4) in late stages, with small, frequent, nagging passages; 

(5) when the passages consist largely of undigested food, 
and the bowels act as soon as food is taken into the 
stomach. The opiate should not be added to the or- 
dinary diarrhoea mixture, which is usually repeated at 
short intervals. It should be given alone. The dose 
should be as small as possible, the object being to check 



I46 FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 

peristalsis and relieve excessive pain. Narcotism should 
be strictly avoided. The dose of paregoric may be as 
follows: At three months, /* ii; one year, jjl viii; five 
years, /t xxx. The dose of the deodorized tincture may 
be at three months, /* T V; one year, ./* J; five years, "ni ii. 
The dose of Dover's powder may be at three months, 
gr. T V; at one year, gr. J; at five years, gr. ii. 

F. M. Crandall. 



The Treatment of Diphtheria. 

The treatment of diphtheria has been revolutionized 
since 1895. Of the many drugs used prior to that date, 
but few are now indicated. The tincture of iron in full 
doses is valuable for both its local and constitutional 
action. Stimulants should be used freely to prevent ex- 
haustion and heart failure. Of the various stimulants 
alcohol is the most effective. Absolute quiet in the re- 
cumbent position should be insisted upon. Bland but 
very mild antiseptic washes are applied to keep the dis- 
eased parts cleansed and to wash away the bacilli as they 
are liberated upon the surface. The important features 
of the modern treatment of diphtheria are rest, nourish- 
ment, stimulants, bland antiseptic washes, and antitoxin. 

The local applications in most common use in the hos- 
pitals of New York, Boston, and Philadelphia are normal 
salt solution, saturate solution of boracic acid, Setter's so- 
lution, or a bichloride solution of 1 to 10,000. All of 
these solutions are used warm. The following is a good 
bichloride solution rendered milder by the addition of 
borax and glycerine : 



FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 1 47 

If Hydrargyri chloridi corrosivi gr. f 

Sodii boratis 3 ij. 

Glycerini § ij 

Aquae q. s. ad O j. 

M. Sig. — For gargle or throat wash. 

The value of the antitoxin treatment of diphtheria has 
been more certainly established than almost any other 
method of treatment in the whole field of medicine. 
Few drugs have been so strongly criticised and still fewer 
have borne the ordeal so triumphantly. It should be 
used in all cases of diphtheria, whether mild or severe. 
It should be used in every suspicious case without waiting 
for the result of bacterial examination, so important is the 
value of early administration. This is shown by the re- 
port of the American Pediatric Society upon 4,120 cases. 
The mortality among those receiving the injection on the 
first day was 4.07; the second day, 7.04; third day, 8.08; 
fourth day, 20.07; fifth day, 35.03. 

The doses are now larger than those at first employed, 
and the results are correspondingly better. For a child 
of over two years, in laryngeal and severe cases, 3,000 
units should be given, to be repeated in from twelve to 
twenty-four hours if there is no improvement, a third dose 
after a similar interval if required. Under two years and 
for very mild cases 1,500 units should be given. The 
dosage should always be estimated in units and not in 
the volume of serum. Only serum produced by well- 
known firms should be employed. 

Nasal diphtheria requires a large dose of antitoxin (not 
less than 3,000 units) for the condition is always danger- 
ous. The nostrils should be frequently syringed with one 



I48 FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 

of the solutions already mentioned. Hemorrhage should 
be stopped by the use of a solution of antipyrin (1 to 5) or 
suprarenal extract (five grains to one drachm of water). 

Croup is now known to be, in the great majority of cases, 
diphtheritic in nature. The antitoxin treatment has 
been more effective in croup than in any other form of 
diphtheria. It prevents the necessity of the intubation 
tube in a large number of cases and has reduced the mor- 
tality in both operative and non -operative cases to a point 
that would have seemed incredible ten years ago. The 
dose should be large and should be given promptly at the 
first signs of laryngeal obstruction. Emetics and the var- 
ious depressing treatments formerly in use should never 
be prescribed. Intubation should be performed if the dis- 
ease is not controlled by antitoxin. Tracheotomy has 
been entirely supplanted by intubation in croup in 
America. 

The value of " immunizing doses " of antitoxin has been 
abundantly established. For this purpose from 300 to 
500 units are employed in children of three to eight years, 
and 50 units in infants of three months. Immunity lasts 
for at least twenty days. Every child in a family where 
diphtheria develops should be immunized, and every 
adult who must come in contact with the patient. 

F. M. CrandalL 



FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 1 49 



VI. 



FEVERS, RHEUMATISM, GOUT, AND 
MALARIA. 



Simple Continued Fever. 

3 Acid hydrobrom 3 j. 

Syr. simplicis 3 ij. 

Aq ad. g j. 

M. Sig. — Every hour. Fothergill. 

Dr. Fothergill, in speaking of the above formula, 
says it will probably constitute par excellence the fever 
mixture of the future. It is especially indicated where 
there is cerebral disturbance. 

Delirium of Typhoid. 

$ Antim. et potass, tart gr. j. — ij. 

Morphiae sulph gr. iss. 

Aq. lauro-cerasi § j. 

M. Sig. — A teaspoonful every two, three, or four 
hours. Dr. Bartholow. 

This will quiet delirium and produce sleep in the 
abnormal wakefulness of typhoid. It may also be 
advantageously used for these same conditions, viz., 
delirium and wakefulness of delirium tremens. 



150 FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 

Local Application in Rheumatic Fains. 

5 Lin. aconit 3 ii« 

Lin. belladonnae 3 ij. 

Glycerine ad. § ij. 

Stg. — Apply locally over seat of pain. Fothergill. 
This liniment is especially advised when the pain is 
confined to the sciatic nerve, offering marked relief. 
Treacle may be substituted for the glycerine with ad- 
vantage. A convenient mode of application is to 
spread the above on a V-shaped piece of lint and 
place on the thigh. 

Fevers. 

$ Acid, hydrochlor. dil m. xv. 

Syr. aurantii 3 j. 

Aquae § ij. 

M. Sig. — Give at a draught to a fever patient every 
three or four hours. Dr. Fothergill. 

The above acid drink, combined with fresh air and 
good general hygiene, will be found of more benefit in 
most fevers than the more powerful remedies of 
therapeutics, as was sufficiently demonstrated in the 
treatment of fevers in the late civil war. 

Anti-Rheumatic Fills. 

# Ext. colocynth co gr. 45. 

Ext. colchici acet gr. 30. 

Ext. hyoscyami gr. 10. 

Hydrarg. chlor. mit gr. 10. 

Mix. Divide into thirty pills. 



FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 151 

In Chronic Malarial Indispositions. 

]J Pil. ferri carbonat 3 j. 

Acidi arseniosi gr. j. 

M. Ft. pil. No. xx. Sig. — One three times a day. 

OR 

$. Quiniae sulph 3 ij. 

Ferri sulph. exsiccat 3 j. 

Acidi arseniosi gr. j. 

M. Ft. pil. No. xx. Sig. — One pill three times a 
day. Bartholow. 

In Symptomatic Fevers. 

I£ Vin. antim m. xx. 

Tinct. hyoscyam 3 ss. 

Liq. ammon. acetat § j. 

M. Sig. — Every four or six hours. Fothergill. 
Where there is general disturbance of the functions, 
the tongue furred, appetite lost, general malaise and 
weakness, and where the face is flushed, head hot, 
and painful, the above draught, in connection with a 
light opiate at night, will yield marked relief. 



Sthenic Fever. 

5 Vini antim m. xx. 

Tinct. opii m. xv. 

Liq. amm. acetat § j. 

M. Sig. — Every four or six hours. Fothergill. 
This combination of opium, antimony, and ammonia 
will be found very efficient in those fevers character- 
ized by bounding pulse and violent delirium. 



152 FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 

In Lithiasis. 

5 Pot. bromidi gr. xx. 

Tinct. hyoscyami 3 ss. 

Tinct. lupuli 3 j. 

Mist, camph 1 j. 

M. Sig. — As a draught at bedtime. Fothergill. 
In the restlessness and suffering of lithiasis, where 
sleep must be had, and where opium in any form is to 
be strictly avoided, the above formula is a very excel- 
lent hypnotic. If desired, tincture of cannabis indica 
(15 drops) may be substituted for hyoscyamus. 



In Gout. 

$ Mag. sulph 3 ij. 

Pot. bicarb gr. xv. 

Tinct. sem. colchici m. x. 

Inf. buchu § j. 

M. Sig. — Every four or six hours. Fothergill. 
Mercury as a purge and opium as a sedative are often 
indicated in chronic renal changes, but are ill borne 
by patients in this condition. As a substitute the above 
is an excellent remedy. It should be followed by free 
draughts of water. 



In Chronic Rheumatism. 

B Acid arseniosi gr. iij. 

Pulv. guaiaci 3 iij. 

Pulv. capsici 3 ss. 

Pil. al. et myrrh 3 iij. 

M. Div. in pil. cxx. Sig. — One pill twice a day. 

Fothergill. 



FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 1 53 

Coming from one whose practice was for a long 
time in a district where chronic rheumatism was very 
prevalent, this formula is invaluable. It should be 
combined with general tonic treatment, especially 
fatty foods. 



Diarrhoea of Typhoid. 

^ Argenti nitrat gr. iij. 

Pulv. opii 

Pulv. ipecac aa gr. vj. 

M. Ft. pil. No. xij. Sig. — One every four or six 
hours. Bartholow. 

When the diarrhoea of typhoid fever resists bis- 
muth, Hope's mixture and laudanum enemata, the 
above prescription will often magically relieve. It is 
also a most effective remedy in the diarrhoea of 
phthisis. 



Malarial Enlargement of the Spleen. 

$ Quiniae sulphat 3 j. 

Ferri sulphat. exsiccat 3 iss. 

M. Ft. pil. No. xxx. Sig. — Four or five pills 
during the day. Dr. Bartholow. 

Or the following is equally efficient, and is some- 
times better borne by the stomach: 
^ Pil. ferri carbonat 3 j. 

Acidi arseniosi gr. j. 

Quiniae sulph 3 ij. 

M. Ft. pil. No. xl. Sig. — Two pills three times a 
day. Dr. Bartholow. 



154 FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 

In Acute Fever. 

$ Tinct. opii m. xv. 

Vin. antimon m. xx. 

Mist, camph § j. 

M. Sig. — Every four or six hours. Fothergill. 

In fevers dependent on inflammatory affections 
other than those of the brain, where there is often de- 
lirium, depending on vascular fulness, this formula 
will be found of great benefit. 



Anaemia of Chronic Malarial Poisoning. 

$ Chinoidin 3 ij. 

Resinae podophylli gr. iv. 

Ferri sulphat. exsiccat 3 j. 

M. Ft. pil. No. xx. Sig. — One three times a day. 

Dr. Bartholow. 
The use of the above formula is highly commended 
by Dr. Bartholow, especially where there is enlarge- 
ment of the spleen and engorgement of the portal cir- 
culation. 



Acute Rheumatism. 
$ Tinct. ferri % ij. 

Sig. — Twenty to thirty minims every four hours. 

Bartholow. 

The above form of iron is more especially adapted 
to the treatment of pale and delicate cachectic sub- 
jects. In these cases it diminishes the pain, fever and 
sweats, lessens the chances of cardiac mischief, and 
hastens canvalescence, by retarding waste and favor- 
ing excretion of uric acid through the kidneys. 



FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 1 55 

In Rheumatism. 

I£ Am. chlor gr. xv. 

Mist, guaiaci § j. 

M. Sig. — Three or four times a day. Fothergill. 
In the rheumatism of young persons, often depend- 
ent on or at least associated with inactivity of the 
skin, this is an excellent formula. When there is a 
history of exposure, as in old persons, the skin should 
be covered with flannel, and the following may be 
given three or four times a day : 
]£ Pot. bicarbonat gr. x. 

Pot. iodidi gr. v. 

Mist, guaiaci § j. 



In Hectic Fever. 

]£ Tinct. digitalis 3 iij. 

Tinct. ferri chloridi 3 v. 

M. Sig. — Fifteen drops three or four times a day. 

Dr. Bartholow. 
This will be found to abate the temperature and 
diminish the sweats in hectic fever. 



In Muscular Rheumatism. 

]£ Ammon. muriat § j. 

Ext. cimicifugae § ij. 

Syr. simplicis 

Aquae laur. cerasi aa § j. 

M. Sig. — A teaspoonful three or four times a day. 

Bartholow. 



15^ FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 

Gout. 

$ Tinct. colchici seminis TTL xx. 

Potass, bicarbonat , gr. x. 

Aquae pimentae § j. 

M. Sig. — A draught. 

This is the standard formula used at the London 
Hospital for gout. 

That used at the University Hospital is the follow- 
ing: 

B Tinct. colch. sem 1\[ xv. 

Magnes. carb gr. vj. 

Magnes. sulph gr. xxx. 

Aq. menth. pip. ad § j. 

The Rheumatism of Phthisis. 

3 Potass, iodidi 3 j. 

Fl. ext. conii 3 iij. 

Tr. opii. camph § ij. 

Aq. aurant. flo 3 iv. 

Aquae § iv. 

M. Sig. — A teaspoonful thrice daily. 
This combination of drugs has been found to exert 
a markedly favorable influence over the course of this 
disease. It is the standard formula of the Roosevelt 
Hospital for these cases. 

Fevers. 

$ Quin. sulph gr. v. 

Tinct. digital j Til xv. 

Ac. phos. dil m, xv. 

Aquae 1 j. 

M. Sig. — Every four or six hours. Fothergill. 



FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 157 

In treating pyretic conditions where the heart is 
acting feebly and irregularly, and the skin is moist 
rather than dry, this union of antipyretics with a min- 
eral acid will be very grateful to the patient and 
highly efficient. 

Rheumatism. 

]£ Lithii bromidi 3 iij. 

Syr. zingiberis § ss. 

Aquse § iss. 

M. Sig. — A teaspooful three times a day. 

Bartholow. 
Very serviceable where the smaller joints remain 
swollen after the acute symptoms have subsided. 



Salicylic Acid Mixture. 
Outdoor Department of Bellevue Hospital, N. Y. 

^ Acidi salicylici gr. 160 

Potass, acetat gr. 320 

Glycerinae fl. § 1 

Aquae q. s. ad fl. § 4 

Mix. Dose: a teaspoonful. 



Anti-Rheumatic Mixture. 
Bellevue Hospital, New York, 

$ Sodii et potass, tart 1 \ 

Potass, nitrat 35 

Vin. colchici sem fl. 32 

Aquae q. s. ad fl. f 2 

Mix. Dose: a teaspoonful. 



158 FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 

Anti-Rheumatic Mixture. 

Hart's Island Hospital, New York. 

$ Potass, iodid | 1 

" acetat ^4 

Tinct. colchici sem fl. § 2 

Aquae O 2 

Mix. Dose: a tablespoonful. 



Anti-Rheumatic Mixture. 

Charity Hospital, BlackwelVs Island, N. Y. 

$ Sodii et potass, tart f -J 

Vini colchici sem fl. 32 

Aquae q. s. ad fl. § 2 

Mix. Dose: a teaspoonful. 

Pulvis Quiniae Co. 

(Clark's Poivder.) 

^ Quiniae sulphat gr. 10 

Pulv. capsici gr. 3 

Pulv. opii gr. 1 

M. Dose for ague. Dr. Alonzo Clark. 

In Insomnia and Delirium of Typhus Fever. 

5 Liq. opii sed 3 j. 

Antimon. et pot. tart gr. j. 

Mist (aquae) camph 1 . . gr. vj. 

Sig. — Tablespoonful every hour till sleep is induced. 
The above is highly commended by Graves and 
Murchison, who claim for it magical effects, the pa- 
tient waking refreshed and rational. 



FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 1 59 

White's Gout Pills. 



I£ Hydrarg. chlor. mit. . . . 

Pulv. aloes 

Pulv. ipecac 

Extr. colchici acet 

Mix. Divide into 60 pills. 



>aa 3 1 



In Typhoid Fever. 

Acid, hydrochlor 3 ss. 

Syr. simplicis § j. 

Mucil. salepae § vj. 

Misce. A tablespoonful every two hours. 

Niemeyer. 



In Rheumatic Gout in Cachectic Subjects. 

^ Liq. potass TTL xv. 

Potass, iodidi gr. iij. 

Ext. sarsae 3 j. 

Decoc. cinchonae 3 xj. 

Misce. Fiat haustus, ter in die sumendus. 

Dr. H. W. Fuller. 



In Chronic Rheumatism of Cachectic Subjects. 

$ Ol. morrhuae 3 iij. 

Liq. potass TT[ xx. 

Potass, iodidi gr. iij. 

Ess. limonum TT], viij. 

Aquae destil % j. 

Misce. Fiat haustus, ter in die sum. 

Dr. H. W. Fuller. 



l6o FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 

In Neuralgic Rheumatism. 

$, Ol. santalini T\[ ij. 

Veratriae gr. xxxvj. 

Ol. olivae 3 ss. 

Adipis 3 viiss. 

Ol. bergamii r\[ x. 

Misce. Fiat unguentum. Dr. H. W. Fuller. 



In Asthenic Inflammatory Fever. 

Tinct. camph. co % xx. 

Ammon. carb gr. v. 

Decocti senegae f iss. 

Fiat haustus. Mr. Erichsen. 



In Gout. 

Ext. colchici acet gr. vj. 

Ext. rhei gr. vj. 

Ext. aloes socot gr. vj. 

Ext. belladonnas gr. j. 

Misce. Fiant pil. vj. sumat j nocte, bis hebdomad. 

Dr. A. B. Garrod. 



In Injuries of Muscles and Tendons, with Rheumatic 
Diathesis. 

$ Ext. colchici acetici gr. j. 

Pulv. ipecacuanhas co gr. x. 

Ext. colocynth. co gr. iv. 

Fiant pil. iij. Mr. Erichsen. 



FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. l6l 

An Aperient in Gont. 

I£ Tinct. colchici sem V\ xv. 

Mag. carb gr. vj. 

Sulph. mag 3 ss. 

Aquae menth. pip ad § j. 

M. Fiat haustus. University Hospital. 



In Gont. 

3 Pulv. colchici sem 3 ss. 

Calomelanos gr. viij. 

Pulv. digitalis 

Quin. sulph aa gr. xv. 

Ext. colocynth gr. viij. 

Conf . rosae q. s. 

M. Ut fiat massa in pil. xx. dividenda. (i — 4 dur- 
ing the day, at the commencement of the attack.) 

Trousseau and Reveil. 

Bhenmatism. 

3J Sodii salicylatis % ss. 

Tr. gentianae comp § j. 

Elixir simplicis. . . . § ij. 

M. Sig. — A teaspoonful every two to three hours 
until the symptoms are relieved, when the doses are con- 
tinued every three or four hours. Dr. F. M. CrandalL 

No other remedy relieves the pain and fever of rheuma- 
tism as quickly and certainly as does salicylic acid and its 
compounds. The following is another method of admin- 
istration: 

3£ Sodii salicylat 3iss-3ij. 

Syr. aurantii amar. cort 

Aq. destillat aa J ij. 

Curacoa § j. 

M. Sig. — To be taken in carbonated water in the 
course of twenty-four hours. 



1 62 FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 

Liniment for Rheumatism. 

If 01. Gaultherise 

01. olivse 

Lin. saponis 

Tr. aconiti 

Tr. opii , aa 3 ij. 

Ft. liniment. 

M. Sig.— Apply freely and cover with cotton batting. 

Chronic Rheumatism. 

I£ Potass, iodid 3 iij. 

Vini colchici sem 

Tr. opii camph aa % ij. 

Tr. stramonii 3 vj. 

Tr. cimicifugae §iij. 

M. Sig, — Teaspoonful three times a day. 

St. Luke's Hospital, N. Y. 

Gout. 

If Ex. colchici acetici , 

Ex. aloes 

Pulv. ipecac 

Hydrarg. chlor. mitis aa gr. j. 

Ex. nucis vomicae gr. £ 

M. Sig. — One such pill to be taken every four hours 
until purgation ensues. Dr. A. L. Loomis. 

This is a most reliable prescription for relieving the 
severe pain of a gouty attack. 

For the Diarrhea of Typhoid Fever. 

IJ Ac. sulphuric, aromat 3 j. 

Ext. hsematox. fl ,5 SS - 

Spts. chlorof § ss. 

Syr. zingiberis ad § iij. 

M. Sig. — Two teaspoonfuls every two to four hours. 

Hare. 



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VII. 

VENEREAL DISEASES. 



Syrup of Biniodide of Mercury. 
Outdoor Department of Bellevue Hospital, N. Y. 

$ Potassii iodidi gr. 80 

Hydrarg. biniodidi gr. i-J 

Syrupi fl. § 2 

Dissolve and mix. Dose: a teaspoonful. 

Dr. Banks. 

Thompson's Mixed Treatment. 
Outdoor Department of Bellevue Hospital, N. Y. 

5 Hydrarg. biniodidi gr. 1 

Potassii iodidi 33 

Tinct. aurantii fl. § 1 

Aquae Q-1z 

Mix. Dose: a teaspoonful. 

Dr. Beverhout Thompson. 

Taylor's Mixed Treatment. 
Outdoor Department of Bellevue Hospital, N. Y. 

$ Hydrarg. biniodidi gr. 1 

Potass, iodidi 3 4 

Syr. sarsap. co 

Aquae aa fl. § 2 

Mix. Dose: a teaspoonful. Dr. R. W. Taylor. 



1 66 FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 

In Syphilitic Cachexia. 

B- Iodof ormi $ j. 

Hydrarg. chlorid. corros gr. j. 

Ferri redacti 3 j. 

M Ft. pil. No. xx. Sig. — One pill three times a 
day. Bartholow, 

OR 

]£ Iodof ormi 

Chinoidin 

Ferri redacti aa 3 j. 

M. Ft. pil. No. xx. Sig. — One pill three times a 
day. 

The above formulae, more commonly than is sup- 
posed by advocates of special plans of treatment, ex- 
ercise a most favorable influence over the course and 
duration of syphilis. 



Bichloride of Mercury. 

]J Hydrarg. chlor. corros gr. i 

Potass, iodidi 3 2 

Tr. gent, co fl. § 4 

Mix. Dose: a teaspoonful. 



Iodide of Potash Mixture. 

Charity Hospital, BlackwelVs Island, N. Y. 

3- Potass, iodid 3 4 

Syr. sarsap. co 

Tinct. gent, co aa fl. § 1 

Mix. Dose: a teaspoonful. 



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Injections in Second Stage of Gonorrhoea — the Stage 
of Stasis. 

3 Zinci acetatis grs. 2-5 

Aquae destil § j 

OR 

Acidi borac grs. 7-14 

Aquae destil 1 j 

Dr. F. R. Sturgis. 

Inflammatory Stage of Gonorrhoea. 
# 01. cubeb TTlx-xv. 

OR 

Homeopathic tinct. cannabis sativa...TTl v-x. 
This amount every two or three hours. 

Dr. F. R. Sturgis. 

In Gonorrhoea. 

3 Zinci sulphat 

Acidi tannici ana gr. xv. 

Aquae rosae § vj. 

Misce. Fiat injectio. To be used two or three 
times daily. M. Ricord. 

In Gonorrhoea. 

3 Copaibae 3 ij. 

Cubebae f ss. 

Cerae alb q. s. 

Misce. Fiant pil. cxx. Ten pills three times a 
day, afterwards four times a day. Niemeyer. 



1 68 FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 

In Gonorrhoea (repeated attacks). 

B& Cubebse § ss. 

Copaibae q. s. 

Fiat pasta. A teaspoonful three times a day. 

Mr. Erichsen. 

To Prevent Chordee. 

]J Camphorae gr. xv. 

Opii pulv gr. iij. 

Fiant pil. vj. Two or three to be taken every night 
at bedtime. Ricord. 



In Syphilis (when Potas. Iodidum fails). 

5- Ammon. iodidi gr. viij. 

Inf. aurantii | j. 

Misce. To be taken three times a day. 

Mr. Berkeley Hill. 

In Gonorrhoea, Acute Stage. 

I£ Antim. tartarati gr. -^ 

Magnes. sulph 3 j. 

Potass, nitrat gr. v. 

Aquae | j. 

Fiat haustus. To be repeated every fourth or sixth 
hour. Mr. Erichsen. 



In Early Stage of Syphilis. 

3 Hydrarg. iodidi viridis gr. vj. 

Confect. rosae q. s. 

Misce, et divide in pil. vj. One pill three times a 
day. Mr. Erichsen. 



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In Gonorrhoea. 

$ Tannin 3 iss. 

Vini burgundicae Oiss. 

Fiat injectio. One-third to be injected ; if result 
unsatisfactory, the remainder. Niemeyer. 



In Syphilis. 

3 Hydrarg. proto-iodidi 

Lactucarii aa 3 iss. 

Ext. opii gr. ix. 

Ext. guaiaci 3 j. 

Misce. Fiant pil. xxxvj. One pill twice a day. 

Ricord. 



Syphilitic Cachexia. 

# Ext. sarsae liquidi § ss. 

Acidi nitro-hydrochlor. dil TTi xx. 

Aquae f iv. 

Fiat haustus. To be taken three times a day. 

Mr. Erichsen. 



In Gonorrhoea. 

Liq. potassae 3 iiiss. 

Potass, iodidi 3 j. 

Pulv. rhei 3 ij. 

Aquae camphorae § vj. 

Misce. Capiat § j. ter die. Mr. Milton. 



170 FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 

Syphilitic Coryza. 

^ Hydrarg. chlor. mit 

Lycopodii . aa 3ij 

M. Sig. — Use as snuff three times daily, in syphilitic 
lesions of nose. Gross, 

Mixed Treatment. 

IJ Hydrarg. chlor. corros gr. j . 

Potass, iodidi 3 ij. 

Tr. gentian, comp £ gi£j. 

M. Sig. — A teaspoonful three times a day. 

Charity Hospital, N. Y. 

Strangury. 

If Decoct, uvse ursi. f gviij. 

Liq. potassse gtt. cxxx. 

Tr. belladonnas gtt. xlviij. 

M. Sig. — Tablespoonful every four hours. Agnew. 

Syphilis. 

T$ Hydrarg. prot gr. vj. 

Ft. pil. No. xxiv. 

Sig. — One pill three times a day; every second day in- 
crease by one pill until first symptoms of ptyalism ap- 
pear; then cut down dose one-half and continue for 
eighteen months this tonic dose; after that give — 

If Potass, iodid 3iss-iv. 

Hydrarg. chlor. corros gr. i-iss. 

Syr. aurant. cort f § j. 

Aquae q. s. ad f giij. 

M. Sig. — Teaspoonful three times a day for from six 
to twelve months. Martin. 



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Syphilis (Rebellious Gases). 

IJ Acid, nitro-muriat. dil f 3 iiss. 

Syr. stillingiae co f 3xiiiss. 

Aquae f §ij. 

M. Sig. — One or two teaspoonfuls three times a day 
in cases saturated with approved remedies, but still pre- 
senting mucous patches. Bartholow. 



Mixed Treatment. 

IJ Potassii iodidi gr. ij. 

Syr. f erri iodidi ""1 v. 

Hydrargyri chloridi corros gr. -h 

Tr. nucis vom TH, ij. 

Liq. arseni et hydrarg iodidi "nt ij. 

M. Ft. pill or tablet. 

Sig. — One, three times a day after meals with a half 
glass of water. 

This is one of the best prescriptions for mixed treat- 
ment in solid form, the only form in which many patients 
can be induced to continue treatment for long periods. 
The tablet should be swallowed with a large draught of 
water. When well diluted the iodides are frequently tol- 
erated by patients who could not otherwise take them. 



Syphilitic Sore Throat. 

IJ Hydrarg. chlorid. corros gr. iss. 

Ac. muriat. dil 3 j. 

Glycerini § j. 

Aquae q. s. ad % x. 

M. Sig. — Use three or four times a day as a gargle. 



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FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. I 73 

VIII. 

TOMC PREPARATIONS 



The following tonic pills are much prescribed at the 
Gynaecological clinic of the Hospital of the University 
of Pennsylvania: 

$ Acid arseniosi ) 

Strychniae sulph ) & * T5"' 

Ext. belladonnas gr. -J- 

Cinchonas sulph gr. jss. 

Pil. f erri carb gr. ijss. 

M. Et ft. pil., No. j. 

3 Acid, arseniosi gr. -fa. 

Cinchonas sulph gr. jss. 

Ferri et potass, tart gr. ij. 

M. Et ft. pil., No. j. 

The sulphate of cinchonia in these pills may be ad- 
vantageously substituted by a proportionate dose of 
sulphate of quinia, the former being used simply on 
account of its cheapness. One pill may be given after 
each meal. 



Tonic in Malarial Cachexia. 

IJ. Quinias sulphatis gr. ij. 

Acidi arseniosi gr. ■£$. 

Pulv. capsici gr. j. 

Ext. taraxaci , , , . . q. s. 

To be taken before each meal, 



174 FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 

Where Anaemia is a Prominent Symptom in Malaria. 

I£ Ferri et potassae tart , gr. v. 

Liquoris potassilarsenitis m. ij. 

Potassii bicarb gr. x. 

Tr. nucis vomicae TT[ v. 

Aquae ad 3 j. 

To be taken in a wineglassful of water before eat- 
ing. /. O. Webster, M.D. 



Tonic. 

3- One rennet washed and chopped 

Sherry wine O.j. 

Macerate for twelve days, decant and fil- 
ter and add 

Acid, muriat. dilut 

Tinct. nucis vomicae aa 3 ij. 

Bismuthi subnit 3 ij. 

M. Sig. — One teaspoonful in a quarter of a tum- 
bler of water before each meal. Dr. T. G. Thomas. 

This is Dr. Thomas' formula for a digestive tonic in 
metritis, and its success commends it to all for the 
treatment of this most frequent malady. 

Pil. Ferri. Quin. et Strych. 

Outdoor Department of Bellevue Hospital, N. Y. 

$ Quiniae sulphat 

Ferri redacti aa 3 i 

Strychniae acetat gr. i 

Ext. gentian q. s. 

Mix. Divide into 6o pills. 



FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. I 75 

Muriatic Acid Mixture. 
Outdoor Department of Bellevue Hospital, N. Y. 

5 Acidi muriatici fl. 33 

Tinct. gent, co 

Aquae aa fl. § 8 

Mix. Dose: a teaspoonful. 

Ferruginous Aperient. 

3 Magnes. sulph J ij. 

Ferri sulph gr. xxiv. 

Acidi sulph. dil 3 jj. 

Infus. calumbae ad § viij. 

Take two tablespoonfuls every night. 

Dr. Farquharson, 

Mist. Ferri Comp. (TJ. S. Pharm.) 
(Griffith's Mixture?) 

5 Ferri sulphat gr. 20 

Potassii carbon gr. 25 

Pulv. myrrhse 

" sacchari aa 3 1 

Spts. lavand. co fl. 3 i 

Aquas cinnamon, q. s. ad fl. 3 8 

Mix. Dose: 1-2 tablespoonfuls. In preparing this, 
the sulphate of iron, dissolved in -J- fl. oz. of the cinna- 
mon water should be added last. The mixture should 
be made fresh when wanted. 

"Smith's Bitters." 

5 Tinct cinch, co 

Tinct. gent, co aa fl. § 1 

Mix. Dose: a teaspoonful. 



176 FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 

Wine of Iron and Citrate of Quinidia. 

# Ferri et quinidiae citr 3 1 

Vini xerici fl. ^2 

Mix. Dose: a teaspoonful. To prevent confusion 
this should always be prescribed by writing the word 
" Quinidiae" in full. 

Strychnia Mixture. 
(Hall's Modified.) 

$ Strychniae acet gr. 1 

Tr. cardam. co fl. 3 •£ 

Alcoholis 

Aquae aa fl. 3 2-j- 

Syrupi q. s. ad fl. J 4 

M. Dose: a teaspoonful. 

The following tonic formulas are very highly re- 
commended by Dr. Wm. Goodell: 

Basham's iron mixture, with the addition of frac- 
tional doses of strychnia, will be found very admi- 
rable in its effects. There are so many indifferent 
recipes for making this celebrated mixture that I shall 
here give the one which seems to me to be the best: 

3 Tinct. ferri chloridi fl. 3 iij. 

Acid, acetic, diluti fl. 5 ss. 

Liquor ammonias acetat fl. § iijss. 

Curacoae 

Syrupi simplicis aa fl. § j. 

Aquam. ad fl. § viij 

M. Sig. — One tablespoonful after each meal. 



FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. I 77 

The following formula makes another very elegant 
and generally useful preparation of iron: 

§ Tinct. ferri chloridi fl. 3 ij. 

Acid, phosphorici diluti fl. 3 iij. 

Spts. limonis fl. 3 j. 

Syrupi simplicis fl. § ijss. 

Aquam, ad fl. § vj. 

M. Sig. — One tablespoonful after each meal. 

The dilute phosphoric acid is added both because 
it is a valuable nerve-tonic and because it has the 
property of disguising the styptic taste of the iron; so 
much so, that children readily take this mixture. 

There are two other tonic preparations which we 
prescribe very frequently in the Hospital of the Uni- 
versity of Pennsylvania, and with capital results. 
One of them is Blaud's pill, which Niemeyer extols so 
very highly. 

]£ Pulv. ferri sulphat. exsiccat. 

Potass, carb. purae aa 3 ij. 

Syrupi q. s. 

Ut fiat massa dividenda in pilulas, No. xlviij. 

During the first three days one pill is to be taken 
after each meal. On the fourth day four pills are 
taken during the day, on the fifth day five pills, on the 
sixth day six; that is to say, two pills after each meal. 
For three days more six pills are taken daily; then 
the dose is to be increased by one pill daily until 
three pills are taken after each meal. On this final 
dose the patient is kept for three or four weeks, as 
the case may be. In stubborn cases I have occasion- 
ally run up the dose to the number of five pills thrice 
daily, and have seen no other bad effects from it than 



178 FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 

a feeling of fulness in the head. This immunity is 
probably owing to the conversion of the iron sulphate 
into a carbonate. 

The other preparation is a valuable alterative tonic, 
for the formula of which I am indebted to my friend 
Dr. A. H. Smith. 
$ Hydrarg. chloridi corrosivi gr. i. — ij. 

Liq. arsenici chloridi fl. § j. 

Tinct. f erri chloridi 

Acid, hydrochloridi dil . . . 1 aa fl. 3 iv. 

Syrupi , fl. § iij, 

Aquam, ad fl. § vj. 

M. Sig. — One dessertspoonful in a wineglassful ot 
water after each meal. 

Anaemic*and chlorotic patients will fatten and thrive 
wonderfully on this mixture. I call it the Mixture of 
Four Chlorides. It should not be given for a longer 
period than two weeks at a time. 



Wine of Iron and Citrate of Quinine. 

$ Ferri et quiniae cit 3 1 

Vini xerici fl. § 2 

Mix. Dose: a teaspoonful. 



Iron and Citrate of Ammonia. 
Outdoor Department of Bellevue Hospital, N. Y. 

]£ Ferri et ammon. cit 

Ammonii carbon aa gr. 32 

Syrupi 

Aquae anisi aa fl. § 2 

Mix. Dose: a teaspoonful. Dr. J. L. Smith. 



FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. I 79 

Lemon Tonic. 
Charity Hospital, BlackwelVs Island, N. Y. 

5 Cinchonae sulph gr. 30 

Acidi sulph. dil q. s. 

Aquae fl. § 1 

Acidi citrici , 3 J 

Syrupi fl. f i-J- 

Tinct. f erri chlor fl. 3 i 

Aquae q. s. ad fl. 1 4 

M. Dose: a teaspoonful. 



Iron and Cinchona. 
Outdoor Department of Bellevue Hospital, N. Y. 

$ Cinchonae sulph 3 1 

Tinct. f erri chloridi fl. 3 2 

Aquae q. s. ad fl. § 4 

Mix. Dose: a teaspoonful. 

Sulphate of Cinchona. 
Outdoor Department of Bellevue Hospital, JV. Y. 

IJ, Cinchonae sulph 3 1 

Acidi sulphur, dil q. s. 

Aquae fl. § 4 

Mix. Dose: a teaspoonful. 

Iodide Mixture. 
Outdoor Department of Bellevue Hospital, N. Y. 

^ Potassii iodidi 3 4 

Syr. ferri iodidi fl. f 1 

Tinct. calumbae q. s. ad fl. § 4 

Mix. Dose: a teaspoonful. 



l8o ' FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 

Loomis' Tonic. 

5 Quiniae sulphat gr. 30 

Acidi sulph. dil q. s. 

Aquae ft. § 2 

Tinct. ferri chlor fl § -J 

Spts. chloroformi fl. 3 6 

Glycerinae q. s. ad fl. § 4 

Dose: a teaspoonful. 



Elixir of Cinchona and Iron. 

# Extr. cinchonas fl fl. § 1 

Ferri et ammonii citr 32 

Spiritus aurantii (1:10) fl. § 1 

Alcoholis fl- § 4 

Ol. cinnamoni m. 15 

Aquae fl. % 6 

Syrupi q. s. ad fl. J 16 

With the oil of cinnamon and water make water of 

cinnamon; dissolve in this the ammonio-citrateof iron; 

add the spir. of orange and the fl. ext. of cinchona. 

Filter, and add enough syrup to make the product 

measure one pint. Dose: a teaspoonful. 



Iron and Quinine. 

# Quiniae sulph gr. 30 

Acidi sulph. dil q. s. 

Aquae fl. | 2 

Tinct. ferri chlor fl. 3 2 

Dose: a teaspoonful. 



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Wine of Citrate of Iron. 

$ Ferri et ammonii citratis gr. 20 

Vini xerici fl. 1 2 

Mix. Dose: a teaspoonful. 



Thomson's Tonic. 
Bellevue Hospital, New York. 

]£ Ferri et ammon. cit 3 1 

Amnion, carbonat gr. 30 

Tr. gentian co 

Tr. quassiae aa fl. § 2 

Syrupi fl. 1 ii 

Aquae q. s. ad fl. 1 8 

Mix. Dose: a dessertspoonful. 

Dr. W. H Thomson. 

Strychnine Tonic. 
Insane Asylum, BlackwelVs Island, N. Y. 

~fy Tinct. ferri chlor 

Tinct. nucis vom aa m. 10 

Aquae q. s. ad fl. 3 1 

Mix. One dose. To be taken thrice daily, after 
meals. 



Tonic and Stimulant. 

IJ Liq. potass, arsenitis 3 j. 

Vini ferri amar §vj. 

M. Sig. — Tablespoonful three times a day after meals. 

F. P. Henry. 



1 82 FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 

For Anaemia. 
3J Mangani dioxidi gr. j. 

Ferri reducti gr. j. 

Ext. gentianae gr. j. 

Ext. cascarae sagrad gr. ss. 

Ext. nucis vom gr. £ 

Capsici gr. £ 

M. Ft.' pil. 
Sig — One three times a day after meals. An excellent 
hematic tonic for women and young girls, particularly 
when accompanied by scanty or painful menstruation. 

Blaud's Ferruginous Pills. 

3$ Ferri sulphatis exs 

Potassii carb aa gr. iiss. 

M. Ft. pil. 

Sig. — One or two after meals. 

These pills have justly come to be regarded as 
one of the most efficient, if not the most efficient 
agent in the treatment of chlorosis and the anaemias 
of women and young girls. They were first brought 
to the notice of the profession by Niemeyer, who thus 
wrote of them : u For more than twenty years I have 
used these pills almost exclusively in chlorosis, and 
have witnessed such brilliant results from them in a 
large number of cases, that I have never needed any 
opportunity to experiment with other articles. At Magde- 
burg and Greifswald I often had to send my receipt for 
the pills to a great distance, my good fortune in the treat- 
ment of chlorosis — to which, by the by, I owe the rapid 
growth of my practice — having given me a great repute as 
the possessor of a sovereign remedy against this disease." 



FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 1 83 

The activity of Blaud's pills is increased by combina- 
tion with other tonics. The following combination pro- 
posed by Hare is one of the most powerful alterative and 
reconstructive tonics at our command. It is now made 
up into tablet triturates by several leading firms in full 
strength and half strength. 

If Mas. f erri carb. (Blaud) gr. v. 

Hydrarg. chloridi corros gr. ^ 

Strychninse sulphatis gr. ^V 

Ac. arseniosi gr. -^ 

Capsici gr. ^ T 

Ext. gentiani gr. ?V 

fc M. Ft. pil. No. i. 
Sig. — One after meals. 

The following combination is designed to overcome 
the constipating effects observed in some patients. 

Tfs Mas. ferri carb. (Blaud) gr. iii. 

Quininae sulphatis gr. ss. 

Ext. nucis vomicae gr. & 

Aloin gr. ^ 

M. Ft. pil. No. i. 

Sig. — One or two three times a day after meals. 

Tonic for Malaria. 

If Ferri reduct gr. ij. 

Quininae sulphat gr. ij- 

Strychniae sulphat . . . . < gr. -fa 

Ac. arseniosi gr. 5V 

Pulv. aloes gr. tg 

M. Ft. pil. Sig. — One every three to four hours for 
chronic malaria. 



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IX. 

EXTERNAL APPLICATIONS. 



For Fissured Nipples. 

# Liq. ferri subsulphatis 3 ij. 

Glycerini 3 vj. 

M. Sig. — Apply with a camel's hair brush to af- 
fected part. Bartholow. 

In Parasitic Skin Diseases. 

1$ Sodii hyposulphitis f iij. 

Acid, sulphurosi dil § ss. 

Aquae q. s. ad § xvj. 

M. Sig. — As a lotion. Dr. Startin. 

OR 

3 Potass, sulphured § ss. 

Aquae calcis § xvj. 

M. Sig. — As a lotion. Bartholow. 

Chilblains. 

5 Acid, sulphurosi 3 iij. 

Glycerini 3 j. 

Aquae 3 j. 

M. Sig. — As a lotion. Bartholow. 



1 86 FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 

Pruritus. 

There are several anti-pruritic powders, which are 
sometimes indispensable. The most important is 
that which is commonly called Anderson's powder. It 
is formed as follows: 

# Pulv. amyli |j. 

Pulv. camph 3 jss. 

Zinci oxid § ss. 

This must be carefully made, the camphor being 
reduced to an impalpable powder and then thorough- 
ly incorporated with the other ingredients. It may 
be either lightly dusted upon the parts or it may be 
quite copiously rubbed into the meshes of linen lint 
and then applied. The proportions may be altered, 
either by increase or diminution. 

Dr. R . W. Taylor. 



Ung. Hydr. Ox. Rub. c. Plumbo. 

Outdoor Department of Bellevue Hospital, N. Y. 

$ Hydrarg. oxidi rubri 

Plumbi acetat .aa gr. 8 

Cerati I i 

Mix. Dr. McKay. 

Sulphur Paste. 
Outdoor Department of Bellevue Hospital, N. Y. 

3- Sulphuris sublimati § i 

iEtheris fl. 3 3 

Glycerinae fl. § I 

Mix. 



FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 1 87 

TJng. Hydrarg. Oxid. Rubri. 

^ Hydrarg. oxid. rubri gr. 60 

Oleo-paraffini (vaseline) J 1 

Mix. 



In Parasitic Skin Diseases. 

5 Hydrarg. chlor. cor gr. iv. 

Alcohol c 3 vj. 

Ammon. muriat 3 ss. 

Aquae rosae q. s. ad § vj. 

M. Sig. — As a lotion. Tilbury Fox, 

Glue Burn Mixture. 

# White glue I 7^ 

Water, cold O.j. 

Glycerin fl. § 1 

Carbolic acid fl. 3 2 

Soak the glue until it is soft; then heat on water 
bath until melted; add the glycerin and carbolic acid, 
and continue heating until in the intervals of stirring 
a glossy strong skin begins to form over the surface. 
When wanted for use, heat on water bath until 
melted, and apply with a flat brush over the burned 
part. 



Ung. Picis Alkalinum. 
Outdoor Departme?it of Bellevue Hospital, N. Y. 

]J Liquoris picis alkalini fl. 3 1 

Cerati §1 

Mix. 



1 88 FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 

Goa Ointment. 
]£ Pulv. araroboe (Goa powder). . .gr. 50 to 200 

Oleo-paraffini (vaseline) gr. 500 

Melt the vaseline on a water bath, add the Goa 
powder, stir and heat for about ten minutes; then 
strain quickly into a capsule standing on ice, and stir 
briskly until cold. 



In the Pruritus of Pregnancy. 

$ Thymol gr. xv. 

Vaseline gr. xxx. 

Powdered brick clay § iij. 

Dissolve the thymol in the vaseline and rub it up 
with the clay. Prof. Montrose A. Fallen, M.D. 

This is to be applied to the pruritic parts, washed 
off every day or two and re-applied. 

Dr. Pallen's experience has been, that excepting 
those cases depending on trophic nerve causes, this 
prescription will always effect a cure. He advises its 
use also in herpes and similar eruptions accompanying 
the later months of gestation. 



Bleeding Hemorrhoids. 

$, Pulv. aluminis 3 ij. 

Pulv. camphorae 

Pulv. opii aa 3 j 

Unguent § j 

M. Sig. — Ointment. Bartholow. 

When the hemorrhoids protrude, bleed, and are 
painful, the above will be found a soothing and as- 
tringent application. 



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Emplastrum Capsicum. 
(McCreadfs Plaster.) 
Spread adhesive plaster with oleo resina capsici, 
leaving, however, a narrow margin all around free. 

Dr. B. W. McCready. 

Lotion for Iritis. 

1£ Morphiae sulph gr. iv. 

Zinci sulph gr. iii. 

Atropise sulph gr. ii. 

Aquae destillat § j. 

M. Sig. — As a lotion. Dr. Bartholow. 

Sore Nipples. 

]£ Aquae rosae 

Glycerine aa § ij. 

Acidi tannici 3 ij. 

Ft. lotion. 

Sig. — Soak lint in this solution and apply to nipples. 

Dr. Barker. 

If the ulcerative process has commenced, it is advis- 
able to stop nursing and paint the nipple with a solu- 
tion of nitrate of silver, 10 gr. to the f of distilled 
water. 



As a Haemostatic. 

I£ Acidi tannici 3 j. 

Aluminis 3 ij. 

Aq. rosae § iij. 

M. Sig. — For external use as a haemostatic. 

Dr. Monsel. 



I9O FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 

Pruritus Vulvae. 

3 Sodii hyposulphitis 3 iv. 

Glycerini 3 ij. 

Aquae destillat ad § vj. 

M. Sig. — As a lotion. Fox. 

This simple combination has proved very effective 
in that troublesome and annoying malady, pruritus 
vulvae and also in tinea versicolor. 



In Amenorrhoea from Anaemia and in Chlorosis. 

$ Pulv. f erri sulph ., 

Potass, carb. purae aa 3 ij. 

Mucil. tragacan q. s. 

M. Div. in pil. No. 48. 

Sig. — To be given daily in doses gradually increas- 
ing until three pills are taken after each meal. 

To counteract the costive effect of the sulphate of 
iron in this, we may give: 

5 Pulv. glycerrhizae rad 

Pulv. sennae aa § ss. 

Sulph. sublim 

Pulv. fceniculi aa 3 ij . 

Sacchar. purif § jss. 

Sig. — Teaspoonful in half a cupful of water at bed- 
time. 

Where the disease is due to torpidity of the ovaries, 
the following may be used with advantage: 

I£ Ext. aloes 3 j. 

Ferri sulph. exsiccat 3 ij. 

Assafcetida 3 iv. 

Sig. — One pill after each meal, this number to be 



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increased gradually to two or three after each meal. 
If bowels are over-active, return to the initial dose of 
one pill. 

The above formulae are those used in the Hospital 
of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, and 
have been proven by thorough trial to be most effi- 
cient. 



In Inflammation of the Nipples. 

3 Emplastri plumbi 3 ij. 

iEtheris sulphurici 3 ss. 

Collodion flexile f j. 

M. Sig. — Powder the lead plaster, add the ether 
and mix them well together before adding the collo- 
dion. It makes a creamy mixture, and is to be ap- 
plied with a brush over every portion of the careful- 
ly dried nipples, with the exception of the openings of 
the milk ducts. Dr. Albert H. Smith, 

This formula is highly commended by Dr. Smith as 
a protective application. 



Dr. R. W. Taylor's Lotion. 

Outdoor Department of Bellevue Hospital, N . Y. 

3 Sulphuris sublimati 33 

Spts. camphorae fl. 3 2 

Sodii biboratis 3 1 

Glycerinae fl. 33 

Aquae % 6 

Mix. 



I92 FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 

Conjunctivitis. 

fy Zinci sulphat gr. ij.-viij. 

Morphiae sulphat gr. ij.-iv. 

Atropiae sulphat gr. ss.-j. 

Aquae rosae § j. 

M. Sig. — For the eye. Dr. Bartholow, 



To Destroy the Odor of Foul Breath, the Smell of the 
Axilla, and the Fetor of the Sweat of the Feet. 

$ Potass, permangan gr. vj. 

Aquae 3 vj. 

Sig. — Apply frequently. 

It is a fact too little appreciated by physicians that 
success in practice often depends more on attending 
to some such trivial affection as the above, than on the 
successful management of a complicated medical or 
surgical case. 

Carson's Faint. 
Outdoor Department of Bellevue Hospital, N. Y. 

5 Olei tiglii .' . . fl. 3 £ 

iEtheris fl. 3 1 

Tinct. iodinii co fl. 3 2 £ 

M. Counter irritant and vesicant in pleurisy, etc. 

Local Application for Chilblains. 

$ Acid carbol 3 i. 

Tinct. iodinii 3 ij. 

Acid tannici 3 ". 

Cerat. simplicis § iv. 

M. Sig. — Ointment. Dr. Bartholow. 



FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS, 1 93 

Eczema. 

$ Liq. plumb, subacetat f j. 

Glycerini , § ss. 

Cherry laurel water § iijss. 

Sig. — Lotion. Dr. Bartholow. 

This will be found to be very serviceable in eczema, 
characterized by great heat and redness and excessive 
discharge. 

Facial Erysipelas. 

3 Quiniae sulph 3 ss. 

Belladonna ext gr. iij. 

M. Ft. pil. No. x. 

Sig. — One every six hours. Dr. Bartholow* 



Croton Oil Liniment. 
Ninety-ninth Street Reception Hospital, New York. 

# Olei tiglii fl. 3 2 

Olei olivae 

Olei terebinthinae 

Aquas ammoniae 

Spiritus camphorae aa p. e. q. s. ad fl. 1 2 

Mix. Sig. — Externally in chronic muscular pains. 

Ung. Diachylon Hebrae. 

# Emplast. plumbi 35 

Olei olivae fl. § 4 

" lavandulae. fl3i 

Melt the lead-plaster and olive oil together at a 
gentle heat; then stir until the mixture begins to stif- 
fen, and incorporate with it the oil of lavender. 



194 FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 

Ung. Acidi Chrysophanici. 

^ Acidi chrysophanici gr. 20 

Oleo-paraffini (vaseline) gr. 190 

Melt the vaseline on a water-bath, add the acid, stir 
and heat for about ten minutes; then strain quickly 
through muslin into a capsule standing on ice, and 
stir briskly until cold. 



Buck's Burn Mixture. 

Pulv. tragacanthse § 2 

Pulv. acaciae §4 

Syrupi f usci 

Aquae bullientis aa Oi 

Mix. 



Lotion for Syphilitic Eruptions. 

5- Hydrarg. chlor. cor gr. iv 

Acid, nitric, dil ...... . 3 j. 

Acid, hydrocyanici dil 3 j. 

Glycerini 3 ij. 

Aquae % viij. 

M„ Sig. — Use as a lotion. Dr. Startin. 

Carron Oil. 

(Lime Liniment. Linimentum Calcis, U. S. Ph.) 

# Olei lini 1 7 

Aquae calcis fl. § 8 

Mix, 



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Lotion in Acute Eczema. 

]£ Potass, bicarbonat 3 ss. 

Aquae „ Oj. 

Use as a lotion. Farquharson. 

As a Depilatory. 
3 Quicklime § ss. 

Yellow sulphide of arsenic gr. xx. 

Starch gr. clxxx. 

M. Sig. — Apply as a paste. Bartholow. 

A preparation of this kind is probably such a one as 
that used by the Egyptian women to remove the hair 
from their pubes. 

Lotion in Acne, 

]£ Hydrarg. chlor. cor 3 j, 

Glycerini % ss. 

Spts. vini. rect § viij. 

Spts. rosemar 3 iv. 

M. Sig. — Use as a lotion. Bartholow. 

Acne Indurata. 

5 Hydrarg. iod. rubri gr. v. 

Adipis I j. 

M. Sig. — As an ointment. Bartholow. 

For Sore Nipples. 

# Plumbi nitrat gr. x-xx. 

Glycerine § j 

Sig. — Rub on the affected part. 

Dr. Fordyce Barker. 



196 FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 

3 Aquae rosae § iijss. 

Liq. plumb, subacetat dil § ss. 

Ext. opii. aq 3 j. 

Sig. — Use as a lotion, wetting linen in this and cov- 
ering the breast with two thicknesses of it, having 
previously applied a bread and milk poultice to the 
breast, 

This is recommended by Dr. Barker in inflamed 
nipples. 

For Freckles, Sunburn, and Tan. 

5 Potass, carbonat 3 iij> 

Sodii chloridi 3 ij. 

Aquae rosae § viij. 

Aquae aurantii flor § ij. 

M. Sig. — Lotion. Bartholow. 

In Itch, Impetigo, etc. 

5 Creasoti 3 ss. 

Aquae destil Oj. 

Fiat lotio. Dr. Dunglison. 

To Prevent and Cure Chilblains. 

$ Cupri sulphatis 3 ss. 

Aquae destil f 1 j. 

Fiat lotio, 

To be applied with a camel-hair pencil to the part 
affected; when dry, smear the part with spermaceti 
ointment Repeat the application for two or three 
dfi»vs, till the skin appears to be affected,, 

Dr. Graves. 



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In Sloughing Phagedena. 

3 Cupri sulph gr. j. 

Ext. opii gr. v. 

Aquae f j. 

Fiat lotio. Mr. Erichsen. 

In Impetigo or Acne. 

5 Acidi carbolici gr. x. 

Glycerini 

Aquae rosae aa 3 j. 

Fiat lotio. Dr. Headland. 

In Ringworm. 

# Thymol 3 j. 

Adip. praep § j. 

Ft. unguentum. Mr. Balmantw Squire. 

In Pruritus Ani. 

^ Acidi carbolici gr. vj. 

Aquae § j. 

Fiat lotio. Mr. Christopher Heath. 

In Scabies. 

5 Sulph praecipitati gr. xxx. 

Ol. santal. flav TTi ij. 

Adipis praeparati 1 j. 

Fiat unguentum. D. R. Liveing. 

For Bedsores. 

$ Hydrarg. perchlor gr. ij. 

Sp. rectificat § j. 

Fiat lotio. Mr. Erichsen. 



I98 FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 

For Sere Nipples 

# Hydrarg. subchlor gr. xxx, 

Magnesiae carb 3 j. 

Ung. rosae § j. 

Fiat unguentum. Dr.Fordyce Barker 

In External Piles. 

3 Ung. zinci § j. 

Liq. plumbi subacet 

Liq. opii sedat ana 3 ss. 

Misce. Fiat unguentum, bis in die parti affectae ap • 
plicandum. Mr. Coulson. 

In Prurigo Senilis. 

]£ Ol. staphisagriae 3 j. 

Adipis praep f j. 

Fiat unguentunio Mr. Balmanno Squire. 

In Obstinate Acne. 

^ Hydrarg. oxidi rubri 

Hydrarg. ammoniati ana gr. v. 

Adipis praep § j . 

Fiat unguentum. Dr. Tilbury Fox, 

In Ringworm. 

# Thymol 3 ss. 

Etheris 3 v. 

Sp. rectif 3 iiss. 

M. To be used as a wash every morning, and fol- 
lowed by an application of glycerine and perchloride 
of mercury. Mr, Malcolm Morris. 



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Anaesthetic Application. 

5 Aconitiae gr. j. 

Sp. rectif 3 j. 

Aquae destil 3 ix. 

Solve aconitiam in spiritu, dein adde aquam, et 
cola. 

Adde, glycerini 3 ij. 

Olei bergamotae Tf[ v. 

M. Fiat lotio. 

The solution in spirit and water forms Liquor Aco- 
nitice, which may be prescribed internally in minute 
doses in acute rheumatism. With the glycerine, etc., 
a lotion is formed, which will rapidly produce numb- 
ness if rubbed on the painful part in a quantity of 
about 3 ss. at a time. Dr. Headland. 

Sensitive Ulcers of the Rectum. 

$ Chloroform f 3 j. 

Zinci oxidi 3 ss. 

Ol. olivae 3 j. 

Cerati cetacei 3 iv. 

Misce. Fiat unguentum. Mr. Curling. 



In Eczema, Herpes, and Simple Excoriations. 

E Pulv. sabinae 

Pulv. aeruginis, ana partes aequales 

^iat pulvis. To be dusted over the part affected. 

Mr. Acton. 



200 FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 

In Acne Between Menstrual Periods. 

$ Sulphuris « 3 j. 

Glycerini § j. 

Aquae rosae § x. 

Misce. Fiat lotio. Dr. Ringer. 



To Prevent Pitting in Vaccinia. 

It has been recommended to touch each pustule 
with nitrate of silver or camphor, or to bathe the face 
with a solution of four scruples of nitrate of silver to 
1 j. water. A mercurial plaster formed of 

Ung. hydrarg 25 parts. 

Yellow wax 10 " 

Black pitch 6 " 

has a good effect. Dr. Aitken gives this as the formula 
used at the Children's Hospital in Paris. According 
to Guersant, four or five days are sufficient for the 
application to prevent pitting. 

Carron oil is a good application till the scabs begin 
to loosen; they should always be removed when dry, 
or they stain the skin permanently. Mr. Marson rec- 
ommends cold cream and oxide of zinc, or if the dis- 
charge be thin and excoriating, calamine mixed with 
olive oil. Dr. W. Stokes uses light poultices over the 
face or a mask of lint soaked in glycerine and water 
and covered with a further mask of oiled silk. 

E. Ellis. 

Pruritus. 

1J Chloral hydrat 

Pulv. camphorse aa 3 iv. 

M. Sig. — Apply with a camel's-hair brush for itching 
or local pain. George Bird. 



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Eczema of the Hands. 

5 Acid, salicylic. gr. xxv. 

Pulv. amyli 

Pulv. zinci ox « aa 3ij. 

Petrolati §ss. 

M. Sig. — Use twice a day. Stelwagon. 

OR 

Ifi Resorcin gr. xl. 

Glycerinae ™lxv. 

Alcohol 3 j. 

Aquae 3iv. 

M. Sig. — To be used in conjunction with an oint- 
ment. Stelwagon. 

Eczema. 
5 01. cadini §ss. 

Glycerinae 3 j. 

Ungt. diachyli < • • • o llss * 

M. Sig. — Apply locally in squamous eczema with 

t' ickened skin. Tilbury Fox. 

Tinea Versicolor. 
3J Acid, salicylici , gr. xxx. 

Sulphuris loti 3iiss. 

Lanolini 3xxv. 

M. Sig. — Apply with friction. Liebreich. 

OR 

5 Hydrarg. chlor. corros 3 j . 

Saponis viridis §ij. 

Alcoholis oi y - 

01. lavandulse 3j. 

M. Sig. — To be rubbed in well night and morning. 

Van Harlingen. 



202 FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 

Acne Rosacea. 
If Ichthyol 

Resorcin , aa gr. xv.-lxxv. 

Lanolin 3 vj. 

Aq. dest Jlat q s. ad giss. 

M. Sig. — Apply topically. 



Impetigo Contagiosa. 

]J Acid, salicylic gr. xxx. 

Petrolati g j. 

Zinci oxidi 

Amyli „ aa § ss. 

M. Sig. — Apply after removal of crusts and cleansing. 

Lassar. 



Urticaria-Pruritus . 

If Chloralis 

Camphorse aa 3 j. 

Pulv. amyli § i-ij. 

M. Sig. — Keep tightly corked in a wide-mouthed bot- 
tle. Rub in with hand. Bulkley. 

Erysipelas. 

If Aristol gr. xx. 

Collodii. %). 

M. Sig. — Apply freely with a camel's-hair brush over 
and slightly beyond the inflamed area. 

OR 

If Ichthyol 3j. 

Lanolini 5ix. 

M. Sig. — Apply freely over the inflamed area. 

Nussbaum. 



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Alkaline Bath. 

IJ Potass, carbonat § ii— vj . 

Sodii borat §ij. 

Aq. ferventis (90°-95° F.) cong. xx-xxx. 

M. Sig. — Alkaline bath to be used in pruritus and 
various skin disorders. Tilbury Fox. 

Frostbite. 

I£ Ichthyol. .v 

Resorcin 

Acid, tannic aa 3 j . 

Aquae 3 v. 

M. Sig. — Apply with a brush at night. Boeck. 



Chilblains— Frostbite. 
^ Iodi 3j. 

Potass, iodid gr. iv. 

Aq. destillat TUvj. 

Adipis §j. 

. M. Sig. — Apply once daily. Hebra. 

Contusions. 

If Tr. capsici 

Tr. myrrh 

Tr. opium aa 3 ij. 

Tr. guaiac 3j. 

Spts. camphor §ij. 

M. Sig. — Use locally. 



204 FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 

Freckles— Sunburn. 

IJ Plumbi acetat gr. xv. 

Acid, hydrocyanic, dil nixx. 

Alcoholis ^ss. 

Aquae q s. ad § v j. 

M. Sig. — Apply with a sponge. Tilbury Fox. 

Dressing for Wounds. 
IJ Iodoform 3 j. 

Collodii flex 3 vij. 

M. Sig. — Stitch the edges of the wound together and 

apply with a brush. Brum. 

Loss of Hair after Fever. 

IJ Ex. jaborandi fl . 

Tr. cantharidis aa f §ss. 

Glycerinae 

01. vaselini . aa f §j. 

M. Sig. — Apply thoroughly to the scalp at night. 

Bartholow. 

For Odor and Sweating of Feet. 

IJ Acid, salicylici gr. xlv. 

Pulv. amyli 3 v. 

Pulv. talc 3xxij. 

M. Sig. — Dust over the feet. (Used in the German 
army.) 

To Prevent Bed-Sores. 
IJ Alumin 

Sodii chloridi aa § ss. 

Aquae 

Alcoholis aa Oj. 

M. Sig — For local use, twice daily. Forbes. 



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X. 
COD LIVER OIL PREPARATIONS. 



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Cod Liver Oil Emulsion. 

3 Olei morrhuae partes 28 

Glyconini* partes 9 

Spts. ammon. arom partes 1 

Vini xerici partes 20 

Spts. amygdal. amar partes 2 

Mix. All to be taken by weight. Dose: a table- 
spoonful. 

Phosphorated Emulsion of Cod Liver Oil. 

]£ Olei morrhuae. . partes 20 

Olei phosphorati (1 per cent) partes 2 

Glyconini partes 7 

Spt. amnion, arom partes 1 

Syrupi partes 10 

Acidi phosphor, dil .partes 4 

Spts. amygdal. amar partes 2 

* Glyconinum, or Glyceritum V lit Hi. 

~B, Vitellorum ovorum partes 4 

Glycerinae partes 5 

Beat or whip the yolks of the eggs, which must be fresh, in the 
usual manner, pour the liquid into a bottle, add the glycerine, and 
shake them well together. One pint of cod liver oil requires about 

4 fl. oz. of glyconin to emulsionize it- 



208 FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 

All by weight. Put the glyconin into a mortar and 
add the oils to it in very small quantity at a time, 
triturating the mixture actively and constantly. Then 
add the other ingredients in the order in which they 
are named. Dose: a tablespoonful. 



Phosphorated Cod Liver Oil. 

Bellevue Hospital, N. Y. 

$ Olei phosphorati * (i per cent) gr. ioo 

iEtheris fl. 3 2 

Olei morrhuae q. s. ad fl. J 16 

Mix. Two hundred and thirty-three minims, or 
practically £ fl. § , contain -^ grain of phosphorus. 
The phosphorated oil should be weighed, not meas- 
ured. 

* Oleum Phosphoratum. 

5 Phosphori gr. 1 

Olei morrhuae gr. 99 

This is a 1 per cent solution of phosphorus in cod liver oil, pro- 
posed by Dr. E. R. Squibb. It is made with the utmost care, and 
contains the full amount of phosphorus. If only a portion of 
the contents is to be used, a few drops of ether should be poured 
into the vial, before it is again corked and sealed. If a fine film 
should form on the surface or at the bottom, the oil must be poured 
out, so as to leave this in the vial. Should this film increase, or 
much of a precipitate make its appearance, a fresh bottle should 
be used. 

It is best to add the whole contents of a bottle at once to suffi- 
cient cod liver oil to be ready for administration. The latter may 
be kept on hand in full and well closed bottles, which are to be 
kept in the dark. 

When using the phosphorated oil it should always be taken by 
weight. 



FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 209 

Agreeable Form of Taking Cod Liver Oil, for Children. 

^ Olei morrhuae § ss, 

Mucilag. acaciae 1 ij. 

Sacchari 3 ij. 

Tinct. lavand. comp T\[ xx. 

Aquae § ss. 

Dose: a teaspoonful. Farquharson. 

Emulsion of Cod Liver Oil with Lime. 

5 Olei morrhuae fl. § 2 

Aquae calcis A. 3 i 



Syr. calcis lactophosph fl. 



Mix. Dose: a teaspoonful. Dr. Bosky. 



Cod Liver Oil Mixture. 

Outdoor Departme?it of Bellevue Hospital, N. Y. 

$ Olei morrhuae fl f 16 

Liquor potassae fl. 3 2 

Mellis fl. I 3 

Pulv. acaciae § 1 

Ol. anisi gtt. 20 

01. menthae vir gtt. 18 

Mix. Dose: a tablespoonful. Dr. Winston, 



Cod Liver Oil Emulsion. 
Charity Hospital, BlackwelVs Island, N. Y. 

$ Olei morrhuae 

Aquae calcis aa fl. f 8 

Olei cinnamomi gtt. 10 

Mix. Dose: a tablespoonful. 



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XI. 

MISCELLANEOUS PRESCRIPTIONS. 



Solution Ergotini 

Charity Hospital, BlackwelVs Island, N. Y. 
(Ergotin solution for hypodermic use.) 

# Ergotini gr. 36 

Glycerinae 

Aquae aa m. 108 

Mix, 

Liquor Chloroform Co. 
(B. Squire's Formula for " Chlorodyne.") 

^ Chloroformi purif fl. §4 

^Etheris fort . . fl. 1 1 

Alcoholis fort , fl. 34 

Syrupi f usci fl. J 4 

Extr. glycyrrh. pulv §2^ 

Morphias hydrochlorat gr. 8 

Ol. menthae piper m. 16 

Acid hydrocyan. dil (2 per cent) fl. 3 2 

Syrupi fl. 3 1 7-$- 

Dissolve the morphia and oil of peppermint in the 
alcohol; mix the chloroform and ether with this solu- 
tion. Mix the liquorice with the syrup and add the 
moiasses. Shake these mixtures well together, lastly 



212 FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 

add the hydrocyanic acid, and again shake well. 
Dose: 10 to 20 drops. Always shake the mixture be- 
fore using. 



Formulae for Hypodermic Administration of Quinine. 

3 Quiniae sulphat 3 j. 

Morphiae sulphat gr. ss. 

Acid, sulphur, dil m. xl. 

Aquae destillatae § j- 

M. Filter. 

Sig. — Sixty minims contain seven and a half grains, 

Bartholow. 
\ 

5 Quiniae bisulphat gr. 50 

Acid, sulphur, dil Til 100 

Aquae font § j. 

Acid, carbol. liq Til v. 

Solve. 

The quinine is dissolved by the aid of heat and after 
filtration the carbolic acid is added. 



Lente's Solution of Quinia. 

# Quiniae sulphat gr. 80 

Aquae fl. \ 1 

Acid, sulphur, dil q. s. 

Heat to boiling and add: 

Acidi carbolici gr. 5 

For hypodermic use. Dr. F. D. Lent* 



FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 213 

Cystitis. 

5 Acidi benzoici 

Sodii biboratis aa gr. x. 

Inf. buchu I ij. 

This amount three or four times a day. 

Dr. A. /. C. Skene. 
This may almost be called specific in its influence 
in the earlier stages of cystitis, affording rapid and 
lasting relief. The diet should be carefully regulated, 
and the skin and bowels kept in active condition. 

As an Aphrodisiac. 

$ Ergotin (aq. ext.) 3 j. 

Sanguinariae gr. ij. 

Ft. pil. No. xx. M. Sig. — One three times a day. 

Or the following: 

$ Tinct. sanguinariae 3 iij. 

Ext. stillingiae fl 3 v. 

M. Sig. — Fifteen to twenty drops in water three 
times a day. Dr. Bartholow. 

Impotence with Spermatorrhea. 

# Tinct. canthar gtt. vj. 

Tinct. ferri chlor gtt. xv-xx. 

Sig. — Thrice daily in water. Dr. H. C. Wood. 

This prescription has been found to cure the above 
condition so speedily as to commend itself to the use 
of all medical men in the treatment of these cases. 



214 FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 

Treatment of Seminal Emissions. 

Bumstead gives the following prescription for its 
special tonic effect upon the genital organs: 

$ Tr. ferri chloridi § iii. 

Ext. ergot, fid. (Squibb's) § iii. 

M. Et. sig. — A teaspoonful in water after each 
meal. 

As a direct means of diminishing the frequency of 
the emissions, B. recommends: 

§, Potass, bromidi |-.i. 

Tr. ferri chloridi § L 

Aquae § iii. 

M. Et. sig. — From one to two teaspoonfuls in 

water, after each meal, and at bedtime. 

The avoidance of tobacco in all its forms, cleanli- 
ness of mind and body, laxatives when needed, and, in 
a word, attention to the rules of hygiene, are to be 
strictly enjoined. 



Elixir Chloroformi Compositus. 

Prof. W. F. McNutt has been in the habit for sev- 
eral years of prescribing Collis Browne's chlorodyne 
in certain cases of asthma, colic, diarrhoea, neuralgia, 
rheumatism, hysteria, etc. He states that it has sel- 
dom failed to be of some benefit, and has often acted 
like a charm; in fact, it is a most excellent and reli- 
able anodyne, anti-spasmodic and sedative. 

On account of several objections to its use, I have, 



FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 215 

after a great deal of experimentation, adopted the fol- 
lowing formula as a substitute fo-r chlorodyne, viz: 
^ Morph. mur g r - i 

Chloral hyd 

Chloroform aa 3 ss. 

Tinct. cannab. ind 

Tinct. capsici 

Acid, hydrocyan. dil aa m. xx. 

Spt. menth. pip HI x. 

Syr. sassafras co. ad § j. 

Dose: 3 j. 



This I have named Elixir Chloroformi Compositus, 
and can heartily recommend it to those who have been 
in the habit of using chlorodyne. To those who have 
never used chlorodyne, I may say that they will find 
elix. chlorof. comp. a most efficient remedy for many 
purposes* and under many circumstances; for instance, 
in whooping-cough, asthma, emphysema, cough of 
many phthisical patients, in many cases of hysteria, 
and especially in many cases of dysmenorrhea, it cer- 
tainly has no equal. Given as an anodyne, it seldom 
produces headache or disturbance of the digestion, as 
does morphine; or depresses the heart's action, as 
does hydrate of chloral. In diarrhoea accompanied 
with tormina, in teaspoonful doses repeated every 
two or three hours, it generally acts quickly and sat- 
isfactorily. 

In many cases of diarrhoea in children, a few drops 
of the elixir, together with a few drops of castor oil 
and vini ipecac, in syrup of acacia, make a most 
efficient remedy. Prof. W. F. McNutt. 



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Elixir Simplex. 

$ Spiritus aurantii (i in 10) fl. 3 2 

" cinnamomi (1 in 10) TTt 10 

Alcoholis fl, I 6 

Syrupi fl. § 6 

Aquae fl. I 6 

This Elixir may be made the vehicle of various 
remedies which have an unpleasant taste, or are oth- 
erwise not readily taken. This form of administra- 
tion, however, should be used very sparingly and judi- 
ciously to prevent patients acquiring a taste for 
" cordials" and alcoholic beverages, generally. 

Pulvis Morphiae Co. — (Tully's Powder.) 

$ Morphiae sulph gr. 1 

Camphorae 

Pulv. glycyrrhizae 

Calcii carbonat aa gr. 20 

Mix. 10 grains contain \ grain of morphia sul- 
phate. This formula is taken from Dr. Tully's Ma- 
teria Medica. (Springfield, 1858, vol. 1, page 153.) 



Chronic Alcoholism. 

^ Zinci oxidi 3 j. 

Piperin ^ j. 

Ft. pil. No. xx. 

M. Sig. — One pill three or four times a day. 

Dr. Bartholow has found that this will relieve the 
gastric catarrh and trembling, and diminish the crav- 
ing for strong drink in this condition. 



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Emetic in Narcotic Poisoning. 

I£ Cupri sulphat gr. vj. 

Aquae destillat f ij. 

M. Sig. — A tablespoonful every fifteen minutes till 
vomiting ensues. Bartholow. 

In Internal Piles. 

^ Tinct. ferri perchlor TTl, x. 

Aquae § j. 

Fiat injectio. Mr, Erichsen. 

In Fissure or Ulcer of Anns. 

^ Ext. belladonnas 

Plumbi acet aa gr. ij. 

Tannin gr. iv. 

Sevi praep q. s. 

Fiat suppositorium. Mr. Erichsen. 

In Indurated Glands Following Scarlet Fever. 
IJ, Calcii sulphid gr. j. 

Sacchar. lactis gr. x. 

Misce. Fiat pul. x. One powder every hour or 
two. Dr. S. Ringer. 

In Eczema. 

^ Syr. tolu 

Vini ferri aa § ss. 

Liq. arsenicalis TTL xij. 

Aquae anethi § j. 

Misce. A teaspoonful thrice daily, directly after 
food — for a child two years old. 

Sir Erasmus Wilson, 



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In Scrofulous and Tuberculous Glands. 

5 Calcii sulphid gr. j. 

Aquae § x. 

Misce. A teaspoonful every hour. 

Dr. S. Ringer. 

In Chronic Eczema of the Aged. 

3 Inf. cinchonae f § vj. 

Liq. calcis f § ixss. 

Tinct. lupuli 

Succi conii ana f 3 ij. 

Misce. A wineglassful three times a day. 

Dr. Neligan. 

In Irritable Bladder, with Alkaline Urine. 

$ Acidi nitrici dil f 3 j. 

Acidi hydrochlor. dil f 3 ss. 

Aquae destil f § viij. 

Misce. Sumat cochl. ij. ter die. Mr. Coulson. 

In Acne with Plethora. 

5 Magnes. sulph 3 ss. 

Acid, sulph. aromat TT[ xx. 

Ferri sulph gr. iij. 

Quiniae sulph gr. j. 

Vim colchici "HI x. 

Syr. zingiberis 3 j. 

Aquae I j. 

Fiat haustus. To be taken twice or thrice a day, 
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5- Sodae arseniatis gr. ij. 

Aquae destil. q. s. Solve, et adder 

Guaiaci pulv 3 ss. 

Antim. sulphurati 3 j. 

Mucil. acaciae q. s 

Misce caute et div. in pil. xxiv. Sir E. Wilson, 



In Retention of Urine. 

^ Magnes. sulph gr. xxx. 

Potass, bicarb gr. xx. 

Potass, nitratis gr. x. 

Aquae f j. 

Misce. Fiat haustus. Sir James Paget, 



In Simple Erysipelas. 

^ Tinct. ferri perchlor TTi xx. 

Aquae § j. 

Fiat haustus. To be given every third or fourth 
hour. Mr. Erichsem 



In Hemorrhages. 

B Ergotin gr. iij. 

Sp. rectificat 

Glycerini , ana TTj, ij. 

Fiat injectio. For subcutaneous injection. 

Langenbeck, 



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In Oxaluria, with Debility and Irritability. 

^ Acidi nitrici dil 

Acidi hydrochlor. dil ana TTj, v. 

Inf. serpentarise § j. 

Fiat haustus ter die sumendus. Dr. G.Bird. 

Anaphrodisiac. 

3 Camphorae 

Ext. latucae ana 3 iiss. 

Misce. Fiant pil. xx. From four to six pills to be 
taken daily. M. Ricord. 

Ichthyosis. 

9 Adipis benz i ounce. 

Glycerinae 40 minims. 

Ung. petrolei \ ounce. 

M. — Sig. Apply daily after washing or bathing. 

Dr. Louis A. Duhring y Phila. 

Eczema Infantile.— Ointment. 

9 Salicilic acid 2 parts. 

Subnitrate of bismuth 30 " 

Cornstarch 20 " 

M. Ointment of rose-water 100 " 

Spread thickly on stout pieces of muslin and cover 
carefully every portion of inflamed and moist skin. This 
should not be used on the scalp, in consequence of mat- 
ting the hair. For the scalp use oily applications. 

5 Oil of cade, and Almond oil equal parts. If thick 
crust is present, remove by poulticing — wear an oiled silk 
skull cap. 

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Diabetes Mellitus. 

3* Sodii salicylat 3 iij. 

Liq. potass, arsenitis .• . . 3 j. 

Glycerinae §j. 

Aq. cinnam .... ad §iij. 

M. Sig. — Dessertspoonful three times a day. 

/. C. Wilson, 

Sea Sickness. 
^ Chloroform §ss. 

M. Sig. — Two to five minims on sugar every half hour 
until relieved. Bartholow. 

Conjunctivitis. 

B Zinci sulphat gr. ss. 

Sodii biborat gr. ij. 

Aq. camphorse „ 

Aquae aa 3 ij . 

Filter. 

M. Sig. — Two or three drops in the eyes twice or 
three times daily. Dixon. 

For Inflammation. 

B Ichthyol gr. xlv. 

Plumbi iodidi.. gr. xlv. 

Ammonii chloridi gr. x. 

Petrolati ad §i. 

M. Sig. — Rub gently into the site of the inflamma- 
tion every hour. This is effective in relieving deep- 
seated as well as superficial inflammation. 

Dr. W. T. Slevin. 



222 FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 

Hemorrhage. 

5 Ext. suprarenal gland 3 i. 

Sol. resorcin (one per cent.) §j. 

Mix and filter. 

Sig — Apply by swab or spray to the site of the hemor- 
rhage. Dr. S. Oppenheimer. 

Suprarenal extract is unquestionably the most potent 
means of arresting epistaxis and other forms of hemor ■ 
rhage at our command. In emergency the solution may 
be made by stirring up five to ten grains of the powder 
in a drachm of water. This solution, however, deterior- 
ates very rapidly, but the prescription here given makes 
a solution that keeps for several weeks. The small 
amount of resorcin does not diminish the activity of 
the suprarenal and is not irritating. 

The above solution is one of the most effective meas- 
ures for treating Hay Fever. It is to be used as a 
spray several times a day, with or without the addition of 
cocaine. 

Pyaemia. 

B Acid, salicylici §ss. 

Sodii biborat . , 3 j. 

Glycerinse § j. 

Aq. menthse pip § v. 

M. Sig — Tablespoonful every two or three hours. 

Bartholow. 

Varicose Veins. 

B Ex. hamamelis fl < . . * ij. 

M. Sig. — Teaspoonful three or four times a day, with 
compresses applied externally. J. V. Shoemaker, 



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Cystitis. 

B Tr. hyoscyomi tti . xx. 

Potassii bicarb gr. v. 

Infus. buchu ad 3 ij. 

M. Sig. — This amount after meals and at bedtime when 
the urine is acid. The equivalent of this prescription is 
now made into tablet form by several pharmaceutical 
chemists. 

5 Ac. benzoici gr. iij. 

Sodii biborat gr. ij. 

Ext. buchu gr. j . 

Ext. tritici repentis gr. j. 

Ext. hydrangiae gr. ss. 

Atropiae sulphat gr. ^ 

M. Ft. tablet. 

Sig. — One or two after meals and at bedtime when the 
urine is alkaline. 



Acute Cystitis. 
fy Tr. aconit 3j. 

Spt. aether, nitros 5 j. 

Liq. potass, citrat q. s. ad §vj. 

M. Sig. — Dessertspoonful every four hours until all 
fever ceases and the pulse is quiet. Hare. 



Head Lice. 

ty Sodii hyposulphitis 5 ij. 

Acid, sulphurosi dil 5iv. 

Aquae q. s. ad § xvi. 

M. Sig. — Apply once daily. Startin. 



224 FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 

Toothache. 
5 Creasoti 3ij. 

M. Sig. — Moisten a very small pledget of cotton and 
lay it in the carious cavity; then pack a larger piece of 
plain cotton over it to retain it. Henson. 

OR 

]J Acid, arseniosi 

Cocaini muriat , • • aa gr. xv. 

Menthol cryst gr. iiiss. 

Glycerinse f 5iij. 

M. Sig. — A pledget of cotton moistened with this, and 
placed in the cavity of the tooth, will quickly check the 
pain. Z' Union Medicale. 



Painless Tooth Extraction. 

1J Cocaini hydrochlor 

Morphise sulphat 

Chloral hydrat. ....„•• • • 

Acid, carbolic aa gr. x. 

Aq. rosas 5 x. 

M. Sig. — Inject with a hypodermic syringe into the 
gums. 

Diabetes Insipidus. 

IJ Sodii salicylat 3iv. 

Glycerinae 5 ij. 

Aquae q. s. ad §iij. 

M. Sig. — Two teaspoonfuls three times daily. 

Da Costa* 



FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 225 

Alcoholism. 

3J Tr. nucis vomicae fillxxx. 

Tr. gentian co 

Tr. columbae co aa §ij. 

M. Sig. — Dessertspoonful before each meal, in water. 

Loomis. 

OR 

IJ Tr. capsici. 3 iv. 

Potass, bromid « 3 iv. 

Spt. ammon. aromat 3 iiiss. 

Aq. camphorae ad § vj. 

M. Sig. — Dessertspoonful several times daily for the 
depression. Ringer, 



Hiccough. 

3J Apomorphise muriat gr. T \ 

Aquae ttix. 

M. Sig. — Inject hypodermically Ringer. 

Tapeworm. 

3J 01. filicis maris aether oii-iij. 

Emuls. amygdal. dulc ad 5 vj. 

M. Sig. — In the evening alight meal is eaten. At bed- 
time, about twenty minutes apart from each other, this 
medicine is taken in two doses. The next morning early, 
about five o clock, two tablespoonfuls of castor oil are ad- 
ministered, and these followed about an hour later by an- 
other tablespoonful. Hugo EngeL 



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INDEX. 



Abdomen, painful affections of, 116. 
Acetanilid, in relief of pain, 102. 
Acne, 195, 197. 

indurata, 195. 

intermenstrual, 200. 

obstinate, 198. 

rosacea, 202. 

with plethora, 218. 
Adenitis of children, 138. 
Alcoholism, 225. 

chronic, 216. 
Alkaline bath for pruritus, 203. 

laxative (rhubarb and soda), 50, 

51. 

mixture for nursing children, 125. 

urine, 218. 
Aloes mixture, compound, 47. 
Amenorrhoea, 119. 

from anaemia, 190. 
il chlorosis, 190. 
" uterine atony, 115. 

with anaemia, no. 
Ammonia mixture, carbonate, 22. 

mixture, chloride, 23. 
Amygdalitis, 34. 
Anaemia, 182. 

(Blaud's pills), 177, 182. 

amenorrhoea from, 190, 

in malaria, 174. 

of chlorosis, 114. 

of malaria, 154. 

with amenorrhoea, no. 
Anaemic headache, 100. 
Anaesthetic application, 199. 

in labor, 117. 
Anaphrodisiac, 220. 
Angina pectoris, 31. 

(heart stimulant), 37. 
Anodyne (elix. chlorof. co.), 214. 

Hoffman's, and iodide of potash. 
25. 28. 



Anorexia, 58. 

Anthelmintic, 62, 107, 143, 225. 
Anti-emetic mixture, 49. 
Anti-epileptic mixture, 74. 

pill, 75. 
Antifermentative, 66. 
Antipyrin in headaches, 102. 
Antirheumatic, 157, 158. 

in pericarditis, 31. 

pills, 150. 
Antitoxin in croup, 148. 

treatment of diphtheria, 146, 147, 
148. 

immunizing doses of, 148. 
Anus, fissure of, 217. 

pruritus of, 197. 

ulcer of, 217. 
Aperient, ferruginous, 175. 

for children, 137. 

in gout, 161. 

pills, 54. 
Aphrodisiac, 213. 
Appetite, loss of, 58. 
Apthae, 36, 142. 

of phthisis, 14. 
Ascaris lumbricoides, 127. 

vermicularis, 127. 
Asthenic inflammatory fever, 160. 
Asthma in children, 144. 

hay, 12, 13. 

spasmodic, n, 13. 
Asthmatic fits of emphysema, 9. 

mixture, 22. 

paroxysm, 10. 
Atonic dyspepsia, 62. 
Axilla, odors from, 192. 

Barker's post partum pills, 114. 
Basham's mixture, 69, 176. 
Bedsores, 197, 204. 
Bell's gargle, 17, 



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Belladonna mixture for epilepsy, 77. 
Bicarbonate of soda, 50. 
Bismuth and Dover's Powders, ?6 
Bismuth and pepsin powder, 56, 57. 
Bitters, Smith's, 175. 
Bladder, irritable, 120, 218. 
Blaud's Pills, 177, 182. 
Bleeding, 15, 189, 219, 222. 

passive, 132. 

suprarenal extract for, 222. 

hemorrhoids, 188. 
Breast, painful affections of, 116. 
Breath, foul, 192. 
Bronchial catarrh, 10. 

acute, 34, 36. 
Bronchitis, 19, 22, 23, 30, 37, 38. 

acute, 14. 

" catarrhal, 29. 
" in children, 123. 

catarrhal of infants, 125. 

in children, 128-132. 
Bronchocele, 34. 
Brown mixture, 23. 
Brown-Sequard's Neuralgic Pills, 79. 
Bruises (contusions), 203. 
Burns, 194. 

glue mixture for, 187. 

Cachexia of chronic rheumatism, 159. 

malarial, tonic in, 173. 

of rheumatic gout, 159. 

syphilitic, 166, 169. 
Cancrum oris, 32. 
Cannabis mixture, 76. 
Carbonate of ammonia mixture, 22,23. 
Cardiac debility, 31, 32, 33, 34. 

4 ' with scanty urine, 17. 

dilatation, 16, 18. 

disease, dyspnoea of, 29. 

dropsy, diuretic in, 9. 

weakness and dilatation, 16. 
Carron oil, 194. 
Carson's paint, 192. 
Caseous pneumonia, 20. 
Castor oil mixture, 49. 
Catarrh, acute, 11, 19. 

" bronchial, 34, 36. 

bronchial, 10. 



Catarrh, chronic bronchial, 37. 
" gastric, 59, 65. 
epidemic (influenza), 17, 18. 

gastric, 44, 64. 

summer (hay asthma), 12, 13. 
Catarrhal bronchitis, acute, 29. 

of children, 125. 
Cathartic pills, vegetable, 55. 
Cerebral congestion, 74. 

tumors, headache from, 101. 
Cervical endometritis, chronic, 109. 
Cervicitis, chronic, no. 
Cervix uteri, ulceration of, 117. 
Change of life, laxative in, 118. 
Chilblains, 185, 192, 196, 203. 
Children, acute bronchitis in, 123. 

adenitis of, 138. 

alkaline mixture for, 125. 

asthma in, 144. 

bronchitis in, 128 — 132. 

chronic diarrhoea of, 133. 

convulsions in, 143. 

delirium of, 127. 

diarrhoeal mixture for, 123, 127. 

earache in, 144. 

eczema of, 140, 220. 

expectorant mixture for, 20. 

febrile coughs of, 137. 

fever in, 143. 

irritable stomach of, 135. 

itch in, 133, 134. 

laxative alkaline, for, 143. 

nocturnal incontinence of, 124, 141, 

pleurisy in, 142. 

porrigo in, 136. 

scabies in, 133, 134. 

severe coughs of, 136. 

summer diarrhoeas of, 49, 124, 144, 
145. 

tapeworm in, 143. 

tonic for, 139. 

vomiting of, 135. 
Chloasma of pregnancy, 120. 

(tinea versicolor), 201. 
Chlorate of potash mixture, 26. 
Chloride of ammonium mixture, 23. 
Chlorosis, 115. 

(Blaud's pills), 177, 182. 



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Chlorosis, amenorrhoea from, 190. 


Cough, febrile of children, 137. 


anaemia of, 114. 


of infants, 125. 


Cholera infantum, 126. 


of elderly people, 38. 


mixture, Squibb's, 53. 


severe of children, 136. 


morbus, 45. 


spasmodic, 32. 


Chordee, 168. 


due to bronchitis, 38. 


Chorea, 72, 76, 136, 141. 


" " laryngitis, 38. 


Chrysophanic acid ointment, 194. 


" " phthisis, 38. 


Cirrhosis, first stages of, 47. 


whooping, 15, 132, 133, 136, 139. 


Climacteric, menorrhagia of, 114. 


Counter irritant in pleurisy, 28. 


metrorrhagia of , 115. 


Cretinism, 138. 


Cod liver oil emulsion, 207, 209. 


Croton oil liniment, 193. 


phosphorated, 2 jJ. 


Croup, diphtheritic, 9. 


phosphorated, 208. 


148. 


for children, 209. 


stimulant in, 136. 


emulsion of, with lime, 209. 


Cyanide and bromide of potash, 27. 


mixture, 209. 


Cystitis, 213, 223. 


Cold, acute, 20, 37. 


acute, 223. 


Colic, 64, 67. 




flatulent, 61. 


Debility, cardiac, 31, 32, 33, 34. 


lead, 43. 


cardiac, with scanty urine, 17. 


Compound aloes mixture, 47. 


and irritability in oxaluria, 220. 


licorice mixture, 23. 


and loss of appetite, 58. 


licorice powder, 56. 


Delirium. 75. 


rhubarb mixture, 50. 


of children, 127. 


syrup of hypophosphites, 77. 


of fever, 75 


Congestion of larynx, 36. 


of typhoid, 149. 


acute, of larynx, 33. 


of typhus fever, 158. 


" of pharynx, 33. 


Depilatory, 195. 


cerebral, 74. 


Diabetes, insipidus, 224. 


laryngeal, stimulant in, 36. 


mellitus, 221. 


Congestive dysmenorrhoea, 109. 


Diarrhoea, 46, 47, 48, 58, 135. 


headache, 99. 


acute, 68. 


Conium mixture for epilepsy, 78. 


bismuth, chalk and opium for, 53. 


Conjunctivitis, 192, 221. 


bismuth and Dover's powder for, 


Constipation, 46, 63. 


56. 


aloes and felhs pills for, 54. 


castor oil mixture for, 49. 


habitual, 45. 


children's, 123, 127. 


(see laxatives.) 


chronic, 46, 132. 


Consumptive cough, 32. 


of children, 133. 


Continued fever, 149. 


and dysentery, rg, 64. 


Contusions, 2.3. 


hot drops for, 44. 


Convulsions, infantile, 81, 126, 143. 


opium, rhubarb and camphor, 44. 


Coryza, 20, 37, 40, 41. 


of phthisis, 53. 


acute and hay asthma, 12. 


powder, 57. 


syphilitic, 170. 


rhubarb and lime for, 51. 


Cough, 21, 38. 


simple, of infants, 135. 


consumptive, 32, 38. 


summer, of children, 124, 144, 145. 



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Diarrhoea of typhoid, 153, 162. 


Eczema of hands, 201. 


West's mixture for, 44. 


Elix. chlorof. comp. (McNutt), 215. 


Dilatation of heart, 16, 37. 


simplex, 216. 


Dinner pill, 60. 


Emetic in dyspnoea of laryngitis, 35. 


Dipsomania, 80. 


in narcotic poisoning, 217. 


Diphtheria, 146, 147, 148. 


Emissions, seminal, 214. 


antitoxin treatment of, 147. 


Emphysema, 10, 13, 29. 


Letzerich's treatment, 15. 


asthmatic fits of, 9. 


Diphtheritic croup, 9. 


dropsy of, 36. 


" " antitoxin in, 148. 


Emulsion, cod liver oil, 207 — 209. 


Diuretic, 48, 68. 


expectorant, 24. 


in cardiac dropsy, 9. 


Endometritis, chronic cervical, 109. 


in pleurisy, 29. 


Enuresis, 124, 14L 


pill in pleurisy, 29. 


Epilepsy, idiopathic, 71, 74, 75, 80, 81, 


Dressing for wounds, 204. 


105. 


Drink, craving for, 80. 


in the weak and anaemic, 1 


Dropsy, cardiac, diuretic in, 9. 


(belladonna mixture), 77: 


of emphysema, 36. 


(conium mixture), 78. 


pleural, 28. 


(ergot mixture), 79. 


Dysentery, 59, 64, 65, 68. 


Epistaxis, 39. 


Hope's mixture for, 50. 


(hemorrhage), suprarenal extract 


acute, 45. 


for, 222. 


" and chronic, 51. 


Ergot mixture for epilepsy, 79. 


Dysmenorrhoea, 117, 118. 


Ergotin solution for hypodermic use, 


congestive, 109. 


211. 


obstinate, 116. 


Eruptions, syphilitic, 194. 


rheumatic, 108, 112. 


Erysipelas, 202, 219. 


Dyspepsia, atonic, 62. 


facial, 193. 


(bicarbonate of soda), 50. 


Excoriations, 199. 


(bismuth and pepsin), 56, 57. 


Expectorant emulsion, 24. 


(compound bismuth powders), 56. 


for children, 20. 


(compound rhubarb mixture), 50, 


mixture, 19, 20, 21, 24, 26. 


fermentative, 65. 


" Stoke' s, 23. 


flatulent, 61. 




irritative and gastralgia, 51, 62. 


Facial erysipelas, 193. 


(rhubarb and lime), 51. 


Febrile cough of children, 137. 


(rhubarb and soda) 50, 51. 


Feet, fetid, 192, 204. 


Dyspeptic headache, 98. 


sweating, 204. 


Dyspnoea of cardiac disease, 29. 


Ferruginous aperient, 175. 


emetic in laryngeal, 35. 


Fever, 150, 150. 




acute, 154. 


Ear, furunculosis of, 41. 


asthenic inflammatory, 160. 


Earache, 41, 144. 


continued, 149. 


Eczema, 193, 199, 201, 217. 


delirium of, in children, 127. 


acute, 195. 


" of typhus, 158. 


chronic, of the aged, 218. 


hectic, 155. 


infantile, 220. 


in children, 143. 


of children, 140, 217, 220. 


loss of hair after, 204. 



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243 



Fever, milk, in. 


Haemoptysis, 19, 31, 67. 


scarlet, 108, 117. 


Hemostatic (Monsel's), 189. 


sthenic, 151. 


Hair, loss of, after fever, 204. 


symptomatic, 151. 


Hammond's mixture, 75. 


typhoid, 159. 


Hands, eczema of, 201. 


Fissured nipples, 185, 195, 198. 


Hay asthma, 12, 13. 


Flatulence, 62. 


Hay fever, suprarenal extract for, 222 


Flatulent colic, 61. 


Headache, 82, 102, 103. 


dyspepsia, 61. 


(nervine tablets), 104. 


(see dyspepsia.) 


anaemic, 100. 


Foul breath, 192. 


congestive, 99. 


Freckles, lotion for, 196, 204. 


dyspeptic, 98. 


Frostbite, 185, 192, 196, 203. 


from cerebral tumors, 101. 


Furunculosis of the ear, 41. 


gouty, 96. 




reflex, 74. 


Gargle, Bell's, 17. 


rheumatic, 96. 


Gastralgia, 49, 51. 


sick, 82. 


Gastric catarrh, 44, 59, 64, 65 


uraemic, 9G1 


irritability, 61. 


Head lice, 223. 


ulcer, 60. 


Heart, dilated, 16, 37. 


chronic, 64. 


mitral regurgitation, 16. 


Gastro-enteritis, 57. 


disease, advanced, 32. 


Glands, indurated from scarlatina,2i7. 


chronic, 16, 33. 


scrofulous, 218. 


enlarged without valvular lesion, 


tuberculous, 218. 


18. 


Glue mixture for burns, 187. 


disease, dyspnoea of, 29. 


Goa ointment, for skin affections, 188. 


stimulant, 37. 


Goitre (bronchocele), 34. 


Hebra's diachylon ointment, 193. 


Gonorrhoea, 167, 169. 


Hectic fever, 155. 


acute stage, 168. 


Hemorrhage, 15, 189, 219, 222. 


inflammatory stage, 167. 


passive, 132. 


repeated attacks, 168. 


suprarenal extract for, 222. 


second stage, 167. 


during pregnancy, 113. 


Goodell's tonic formulas, 176. 


Hemorrhoids, 69. 


Gout, 152, 156, 160, 161, 162. 


bleeding, 188. 


aperient in, 161. 


external, 198. 


pills (White's), 159. 


internal, 217. 


rheumatic in cachectic subjects, 


laxative for, 69. 


159. 


Herpes, 199. 


Gouty headache, 96. 


circinnatus, 197, 198. 


Gravel (lithiasis), 152. 


Hiccough, 225. 


Griffith's mixture, 175. 


Hoarseness, 30. 


Grip, coryza accompanying, 40. 


Hoffman's anodyne and iodide of pot- 


Gross's neuralgic pills, 78. 


ash, 25, 28. 


Gums, ulcerated, i3. 


Hope's mixture for dysentery, 50. 




Hot drops, for diarrhoea, 44. 


Habitual constipation, 45. 


Hydrocyanic mixture, 26. 


Hall's mixture, modified, 176. 


Hydrothorax, 28. 



244 



INDEX. 



Hyperemia of kidney, 48. 


Laxative, alkaline, 60. 


Hypnotic, 72, 79. 


(rhubarb and soda), 50, 51. 


Hypophosphites, compound syrup of, 


mixture for children, 143. 


77- 


compound licorice powder, 56. 


Hysteria, 81, 104. 


for hemorrhoids, 69. 


(nervine tablets), 104* 


in change of life, 118. 




pills, 54. 


Ichthyosis, 220. 


pills, Cole's, 53. 


Impetigo, 196, 197, 202. 


pills, Squibb's, 55. 


Impotence, 213. 


in uterine disorders, 112. 


Incontinence, nocturnal in children, 


Larynx, acute congestion of, 33. 


124, 141. 


stimulant in congestion of, 36. 


Indigestion, 66. 


ulceration of, 30. 


painful, 66. 


weakness of, 30. 


Indurated glands from scarlatina, 217. 


Lead colic, 43. 


Infants, catarrhal bronchitis of, 125. 


Letzerich's treatment of diphtheria, 15. 


cough mixture for, 125. 


Leucorrhea and chronic cervicitis, no. 


simple diarrhoea of, 135. 


Lice, head, 223. 


Infantile convulsions, 81, 126. 


Licorice mixture, 25. 


eczema, 220. 


mixture, compound, 23. 


syphilis, 124. 


Liquid pepsin, 55. 


Inflammation, 221. 


Liquor chloroform co., 211. 


of nipples, 191. 


Lithiasis, 152. 


Influenza, 17. 


Liver, cirrhosis of, 47. 


Injuries of muscles, 160. 


sluggish, 52. 


tendons, 160. 


Locomotor ataxia, 103. 


Insomnia, 81, 105. 


acetanilid in, 102. 


(nervine tablets), 104. 


Loomis's tonic, 180. 


of typhus, 158. 


Loss of hair after fever, 204. 


Iodide of potassium, with Hoffman's 


Lotion, Taylor's, 191. 


anodyne, 25, 28. 




Iritis, lotion for, 189. 


Malaria, acetanilid in neuralgia of, 


Irritative dyspepsia, 51, 62. 


102. 


Irritable bladder, 120, 218. 


anaemia in, 174. 


stomach of children, 135. 


chronic, 151. 


Itch, 196, 197. 


enlargement of spleen, 153. 


in children, 133, 134. 


anaemia of, 154. 




pulvis (pulvis quiniae comp.) 158. 


Kidneys, acute nephritis, 63, 65. 


tonic in, 173, 183. 


hyperaemia of the, 48. 


tonic for anaemia in, 174. 


inflammation of, 63. 


Mania, sub-acute, 73. 




acute, 104. 


Labor, anaesthetic in, 117. 


Menopause, laxative at, 118. 


Lactophenin in headache, 103. 


Menorrhagia, 118. 


Laryngismus stridulus, 133. 


of climacteric, 114. 


Laryngitis, acute, 33. 


Mercurial salivation, 14, 18. 


emetic in dyspnoea of, 35. 


Metritis, 120. 


cough, due to, 38. 


digestive tonic in, 174. 



INDEX. 



245 



Metrorrhagia, 113, 115. 


Oxyuris vermicularis, 127. 


of climacteric, 115. 


Ozaena, 34, 35. 


Migraine, 82, 102. 




milk fever, in. 


Painful affections of abdome 1, 116. 


Mistura ferri comp., 175. 


" breast, 116. 


Mitral regurgitation, 16. 


Painless tooth extraction, 224. 


Monomania of suspicion, 73. 


Parasites (head lice), 223. 


Mouth, apthae of, 36, 142. 


Parasitic skin diseases, 185, 187. 


ulcerated, 18. 


Pediculosis, 146, 148, 223. 


Muscular rheumatism, 155. 


(ung. hydrarg. oxidi), 186, 187. 


pains, chronic, 193. 


(head lice), 223. 


Muscles injuries of, 160. 


(parasitic skin diseases), 187. 




Pepsin, liquid, 55. 


Narcotic, 79. 


Pericarditis, anti-rheumatic in, 31. 


poisoning, emetic in, 217. 


Pertussis, 15, 132, 133, 136, 139. 


Nausea of uterine irritation, 116. 


Phagedena, sloughing, 197. 


(see vomiting), 67. 


Pharyngitis, dry, 39 


(anti-emetic mixture), 49. 


Pharynx, acute congestion of, 33. 


Nephritis, chronic interstitial, 52. 


relaxation of, 35. 


second stage, 63. 


Phenacetin, in relief of pain, 103. 


acute, 63, 65. 


Phosphorated cod liver oil, 208. 


Nervine tonic, 75. 


" emulsion, 207. 


tablets, 104. 


Phosphorus, tincture of, 76. 


Neuralgia, 71, 72, 78, 102, 103. 


mixture, 77. 


tonic in, 80. 


Phthisis, 13. 


antipyrine in, 102. • 


apthae of, 14. 


acetanilid in, 102. 


chronic, n. 


ovarian (nervine tablets), 104. 


cough of, 38. 


Neuralgic pills, Gross's, 78. 


diarrhoea of, 53. 


pills, Brown-Sequard's, 79. 


for expectorant and to destroy 


Neuralgic rheumatism, 160. 


odor, 40. 


Neurasthenia, 120. 


rheumatism of, 156. 


(nervine tablets), 104. 


Piles, 69. 


Neuritis, acetanilid in, 102. 


bleeding, 188. 


Night cough, 38. 


external, 198. 


Nipples, fissured, 185. 


internal, 217, 


sore, 189, 195, 198. 


laxative for, 69. 


inflammation of, 191. 


Pitting of vaccinia, 200. 


Nitrate of potash mixture, 25e. 


Plaster (McCready's capsicum), 189. 


Nocturnal incontinence in children, 


Pleural dropsy, 28. 


124, 141. 


Pleurisy, 35. 




acute, 18, 30. 


Odors from axilla, 192. 


chronic, 33. 


Opium, rhubarb and camphor in diar- 


counter-irritant in, 28, 192. 


rhoea, 44. 


11 (Carson's paint), 192. 


Otitis, 41. 


diuretic in, 29. 


Otorrhoea, 41. 


11 pill in, 29. 


Oxaluria, 220. 


in children, 142. 



246 



INDEX. 



Pleurisy, sub acute, 8. 


Rheumatism of phthisis, 156. 




vesicant in, 192. 


(salicylic acid), 157, 161. 




Pneumonia, 7, 27. 


Rhinitis, 40, 41. 




caseous, 20. 


Rhubarb and lime, 51. 




Poisoning, emetic in narcotic, 217. 


and soda, 50, 51. 




Porrigo, 136. 


Rickets, 142. 




Post-partum pills, Barker's, 114. 


Ringworm, 197, 198. 




Potash chlorate mixture, 26. 


Round worm, 127. 




cyanide and bromide mixture, 27. 


Rum stomach, 43. 




nitrate mixture, 25. 






Powder, Tully's, 216. 


Salicylic acid in rheumatism, 157, 


161. 


Pregnancy, chloasma of, 120. 


Salivation, mercurial, 14, 18. 




hemorrhage during, 113. 


Sarcina ventriculi, 62. 




pruritus of, 188. 


Scabies, 196, 197. 




sick stomach of, no. 


in children, 133. 




vomiting of, 109, no, in, 119. 


Scarlatina, 128, 137. 




Prurigo senilis, 198. 


indurated glands following, 217. 


Pruritus, 186, 200, 202. 


putrid sore throat of 35. 




alkaline bath for, 203. 


Scrofulous glands, 218. 




ani, 197. 


Sea sickness, 221. 




of pregnancy, 188. 


Sedative mixture, 24, 67, 78. 




vulvae, 1 17, 190. 


in uterine affections, 118. 




Purgative, 59. 


Seminal emissions, 214. 




Purge, strong, 63. 


Sick headache, 82. 




Putrid sore throat of scarlatina, 35. 


Simplex elixir, 216. 




Pyaemia, 222. 


Skin diseases, chronic, 219. 
parasitic, 185, 187. 




Quinine for hypodermic use, 212. 


(ung. hydrarg. ox. rub.), 186, 


187. 


Lente's solution of, 212. 


(sulphur paste), 186. 




Quinsy, 39. 


(ung. picis alk.), 187. 






(chrysophanic acid ointment), 


194. 


Rectum, ulcers of, 199. 


(Goa ointment), 1&8. 




Reflex headache, 74. 


Sleeplessness in uterine disorders. 


107. 


Regurgitation, mitral, 16. 


(insomnia), 81. 




Relaxation of pharynx, 35. 


(hypnotic), 72, 79. 




Renal hyperaemia, 48. 


Sloughing phagedena, 197. 




Retention of urine, 219. 


Smith's bitters, 175. 




Rheumatic dysmenorrhoea, 108, 112. 


Soda bicarbonate mixture, 50. 




gout in cachectic subjects, 159. 


Sore throat, 39. 




headache. 96. 


putrid, 35. 




pain, application for, 150. 


syphilitic, 171. 




Rheumatism, 150, 155, 157, 158, 161. 


(quinsy), 39. 




acute, 154. 


Sore nipples, 189, 195, 198. 




chronic, 152, 162. 


Simple elixir, 216. 




44 of cachectic subjects, 159. 


Spasmodic asthma, 11, 13. 




liniment for, 162. 


cough, 32. 




muscular, 155. 


Spermatorrhea, 213. 




neuralgic, 160. 


Spleen, malarial enlargement of, 


153. 



INDEX. 



247 



Squibb's cholera mixture, 53. 


Tendons, injuries of, 160. 


laxative pills, 55. 


Thomson's tonic, 181. 


Sthenic fever, 151. 


Thread worms, 127. 


Stimulant in croup, 136. 


Throat affections, chronic, 12. 


in congestion of larynx, 36. 


putrid sore, 35. 


Stimulating expectorant, 19, 26. 


sore, 39. 


Stoke' s expectorant, 23. 


ulcerated, 32. 


Stomach (acute gastric catarrh), 64. 


Thrush, 36, 142. 


(chronic gastric catarrh), 59, 65. 


Thyroid treatment of cretinism, 138. 


(compound rhubarb mixture), 50. 


Tincture of phosphorus, 76. 


(gastralgia), 49-.5I- 


Tinea circinata (ringworm), 197, 198. 


(gastric irritability), 61. 


versicolor (chloasma), 120, 201. 


(gastric ulcer), 60, 64. 


Tobacco heart (heart stimulant), 37. 


irritable, of children, 135. 


Tonic, digestive, 174. 


rum, 43 


and stimulant, i8r. 


(sarcina ventriculi), 62. 


for anaemia in malaria, 174. 


Stomatitis, 137. 


for Bright's disease, Basham's, 69. 


Strangury, 170. 


for children, 139. 


Strychnia mixture, 176. 


formulas, 176, 177, 178. 


Strychnine tonic. 181. 


(iodide mixture), 179. 


St. Vitus s dance, 72, 76, 136, 141. 


(iron and cinchona), 179. 


Sulphur paste, 186. 


(iron and citrate of ammonia), 


Sunburn, lotion for, 197, 204. 


t 178. 


Suprarenal extract for hemorrhage, 


(iron and quinine), 180. 


and hay fever, 222. 


(ferri, quinia et strychnia), 174. 


Suspicion, monomania of, 73. 


(sulphate of cinchona), 179. 


Sympotomatic fevers, 151. 


in malaria, 173, 183. 


Syphilis, 169, 170, 171. 


in neuralgia, 80. 


(bichloride of mercury), 166. 


lemon, 179. 


(iodide of ammonium), 168. 


(wine of iron and citrate of quinia), 


(iodide of potassium), 166. 


178. 


mixed treatment, 170, 171. 


Loomis's, 180. 


(syrup mercury biniodide) , 165. 


(elixir cinchona and iron), 180. 


(Taylor's mixed treatment), 165. 


(wine of citrate of iron), 181. 


(Thompson's mixed treatment), 


muriatic acid mixture, 175. 


165. 


(mistura ferri comp.), 175. 


early stage, 168. 


nervine, 75. 


infantile, 124. 


pills, 173. 


rebellious cases, 171. 


preparations, 173. 


Syphilitic cachexia, 166, 169. 


Smith's bitters, 175. 


coryza, 170. 


(wine of iron and citrate of quini- 


eruptions, lotion for, 194. 


diae), 176. 


sore throat, 171. 


strychnia mixture, 176. 




strychnine, 181. 


Tan, lotion for, 196. 


Thomson's, 181. 


Tapeworm, 225. 


Tonsillitis, 34. 


in children, 143. 


Toothache, 224. 


Taylor's lotion, 191. 


Tooth extraction, painless, 224. 



248 INDEX. 


Tuberculous glands, 218. 


Uterine affections, sedative in, 118. 


Tully's powder, 216. 


atony, amenorrhoea from, 115. 


Tumors, cerebral, 101. 


disorders, laxative in, 112. 


Typhoid, diarrhoea of, 153, 162. 


" sleeplessness in, 107. 


delirium of, 149. 


irritation, nausea of, 116. 


fever, 159. 


tumor, 120. 


Typhus, delirium of, 158. 




insomnia of, 158. 


Vaccinia, pitting of, 200. 




Vaginismus, 119. 


Ulcer, gastric, 60. 


Vaginitis, 119. 


chronic gastric, 64. 


Varicose veins, 222. 


of anus, 217. 


Vegetable cathartic pills, 55. 


of rectum, 199. 


Veins, varicose, 222. 


Ulcerated gums, 18. 


Vomiting, 67. 


mouth, 18. 


of children, 135, 


throat, 32. 


of pregnancy, 109, no, in, 119. 


Ulceration of the larynx, 30. 


Vulvae, pruritus of, 117, 190. 


of cervix uteri, 117. 


Weakness of larynx, 30. 


(sloughing phagedena) 197. 


West's mixture for diarrhoea, 44. 


Uraemia, 52. 


White's gout pills, 159. 


Uraemic headache, 96. 


Whooping cough, 15, 132, 133, 136, 139. 


Urine, acid (cystitis), 223. 


second stage, 132. 


alkaline (cystitis), 223. 


Women, painful affections of the breast 


retention of, 219. 


or abdomen of, 116. 


scanty, with cardiac debility, 16. 


Worms, 62, 127, 143, 225. 


Urticaria, 202. 


Wounds, dressing for, 204. 



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